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Why Most Enterprise AI Strategies Fail And What to Do Instead with Eddie Short - Global Chief Digital, Data & AI Officer

November 26, 2025 • Michael Young MBN Solutions Data & Leadership • Season 2 • Episode 3

Most enterprise AI strategies fail not because the technology isn’t ready, but because organisations are still operating with 20th-century models. In this episode, Global Chief Digital, Data & AI Officer Eddie Short breaks down what’s really going wrong, and what leaders must do instead to build AI into the DNA of their organisations.

With over 30 years of experience as a Fortune 1000 CTO/CDO, Big Four partner, and transformation leader across telecoms, retail, FMCG, healthcare and private equity, Eddie has helped global organisations embed AI at scale, redesign operating models, and drive step-change performance.

This is a direct conversation about what actually moves the needle in enterprise AI adoption.

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN:

Why most enterprise AI strategies fail
Why bolt-on approach never works (and what built-in AI means)
How to architect an AI-enabled organisation
Why use-cases are outdated thinking
Why AI success is 70% reinvention of work, 20% data & tech, 10% algorithms
How to move from backward-looking to predictive-by-design
The new talent model: hybrid, fractional, capability-based
Real examples from telecoms,healthcare, retail, FMCG, and private equity

CONNECT WITH EDDIE SHORT

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eddie-short-0b683a/

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