Decision Intelligence - by Thorsten Heilig & Ilhan Scheer (Hardcover)

Book Synopsis

Dramatically improve your decisions with data and AI

In Decision Intelligence: Transform Your Team and Organization with AI-Driven Decision-Making, a team of pioneering decision and AI strategists delivers a digestible and hands-on resource for professionals at every part of the decision-making journey. The book discusses the latest technology and approaches that bridge the gap between behavioral science, data science, and technological innovation.

Discover how leaders from various industries and environments are using data and AI to make better future decisions, taking both human as well as business factors into account. This book covers:

• A demystifying behind-the-scenes peek inside how AI models, forecasts, and optimization for business challenges really work, and why they open up entirely new possibilities.
• A business-ready introduction to decision intelligence, exploring why traditional decision-making strategies are outdated and how to transition to decision-intelligence.
• The evolution of Decision Intelligence, coming from analytics and modern techniques like process mining and robotic process automation
• An examination of decision intelligence at the organizational level, including discussions of agile transformation, transparent organizational culture, and why psychological safety is a crucial enabler for new ways of decision-making in modern companies
• An overview of why (and where exactly) AI still needs human expertise and how to incorporate this topic in daily planning and decision making
  
  

"In Decision Intelligence, Thorsten Heilig and Ilhan Scheer build a compelling case for the world of tomorrow's version of decision-making."
―Martin Lindstrom, New York Times best-selling author

"Decision Intelligence will be one of the big topics for this decade and completely change the way organizations manage, plan, and operate. This book provides a comprehensive guide from the basics to the applications."
―Niklas Jansen, Entrepreneur and Tech Investor, Founding Partner Interface Capital and Co-Founder Blinkist

"The book impressively demonstrates the potential and entry points into the world of AI-powered decision making. A very valuable reading for managers and their organizations".
―Michael Kleinemeier, Member of the Merck KG Board of Partners, former Member of the SAP SE Executive Board

"The AI hype perfectly captured, easy to understand, de-mystified and mapped to clear use cases - a must-read for today's managers."
―Dr. Daniela Gerd tom Markotten, Member of the Management Board for Digitalization and Technology, Deutsche Bahn AG

From the Back Cover

Praise for Decision Intelligence

"In Decision Intelligence, Thorsten Heilig and Ilhan Scheer build a compelling case for the world of tomorrow's version of decision-making."
--Martin Lindstrom, New York Times bestselling author

"Decision Intelligence will be one of the big topics for this decade and completely change the way organizations manage, plan, and operate. This book provides a comprehensive guide from the basics to the applications."
--Niklas Jansen, Entrepreneur and Tech Investor, Founding Partner of Interface Capital, and Co-Founder of Blinkist

"The book impressively demonstrates the potential and entry points into the world of AI-powered decision-making. A very valuable reading for managers and their organizations."
--Michael Kleinemeier, Member of the Merck KG Board of Partners, former Member of the SAP SE Executive Board

"The AI hype perfectly captured, easy-to-understand, demystified, and mapped to clear use cases--a must-read for today's managers."
--Dr. Daniela Gerd tom Markotten, Member of the Management Board for Digitalization and Technology, Deutsche Bahn AG

"Artificial Intelligence can help leaders make better decisions and is thus crucial to maintain competitive edge. The authors (Thorsten & Ilhan) tangibly describe the fundamentals of Decision Intelligence and how to practically apply it to your business as well as how to healthily balance the human-machine interactions. An indispensable read!"
--Florian Reuter, former CEO of Volocopter, World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer

"Smart decisions are equally crucial in poker and in organizations! The concepts discussed in this book are the exciting approach to bring together human intuition and state-of-the-art AI and Machine Learning to make better decisions within companies and teams."
--Fedor Holz, Entrepreneur and 2x Poker World Champion

About the Author

THORSTEN HEILIG is the Founder and CEO of Paretos, a pioneering decision intelligence platform used by SMEs, Fortune 500 and Dax40 companies. He was previously the Chief Operating Officer of Moovel and is also a management consultant and speaker who keynotes about AI, Innovation, Agile Culture and Digital Transformation.

ILHAN SCHEER is the Asset Engineering Europe Lead at Accenture. He's an international leader on digital transformation and psychological safety in organizations. He was the Founder of fable+, a data-driven consulting boutique acquired by Accenture.