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EDITOR’ S NOTE
Awarm welcome to the 63rd edition of Intelligent CXO. It’ s a pleasure to have you here. Within the pages of this magazine, the focus is on global business news and thought leadership.
On the front cover of this month’ s magazine, we feature Andy MacMillan, CEO at Alteryx, a leading AI and data analytics company. The interview covers those recurring questions – why don’ t people trust AI, is there an AI bubble and can humans and AI really work in harmony or are more redundancies on the horizon? MacMillan also discusses AI’ s exponential growth and the widening gap between AI ambition and operational reality. Turn to page 14 to read more.
Our Talking Point column this month comes from Marcelle Steyn, Strategic Sales Lead at InnoVent, who discusses how rising IT hardware costs and supply constraints now carry real operational and financial risks. IT teams are under pressure to deliver on refresh cycles, upgrades and infrastructure rollouts. CFOs are equally pressured to control costs and protect cash flow. Turn to page 18 to read more.
they discuss how sustainability isn’ t the reason people buy. Turn to page 35 to read more.
We also have an Intelligent Technology section dedicated to all the latest technology developments affecting businesses and a page called Project Round-Up which features news from across our regions.
I hope you enjoy the magazine and if you’ d like to contribute to any future issues, please do not hesitate to contact me by emailing rebecca. miles @ intelligentglobalmedia. com
Rebecca Miles Managing Editor
ISSUE 63
AI is being used in the recruitment market both by the employers and the potential employees, but it is not always used effectively. Candidates are using AI to apply for a huge variety of jobs which do not always match their skillsets, and HR departments are using it to filter through applications, sometimes rejecting someone who would suit the role well. Louis Allain, VP Product at Welcome to the Jungle, a media and recruitment technology company, discusses how companies may use AI effectively in the hiring process. Turn to page 24 to read more.
In their book, Clean Winners, IMD Professors, Goutam Challagalla and Frédéric Dalsace explain how businesses can move beyond simply making products more sustainable, to using sustainability to increase customer value and generate profit. In this feature,
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