Behind the Growth
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Saima Malik on The Top 5 Skills for Getting AI Right
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AI often gets talked about as something for big companies with technical teams. Saima Malik, AVP of Enterprise Process and Automation at TD, argues it belongs to every single person, and that the five skills that matter most for AI are ones people already have. She has spent more than 25 years in digital technology and transformation, and now puts much of her energy into access for women founders, seniors, and community organizations. She names curiosity, courage, creativity, critical thinking, and compassion, and closes on the three stages she uses for the work: access, adoption, and acceleration.
Saima also talks about:
– Where Canada actually ranks on AI literacy
– How AI hesitation compares to fixing cars
– The first file to build, before any project
– What agent workforces change for a small non-profit
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