Operating model

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it written down.

Seven aspects of the organization, right, that I believe that are... critical for the functioning for the right healthy functioning of the organization so it's um looking at outcomes and economics that's the first one and then flow of work demand intake and capacity allocation then operating models interfaces of of those operating models five is the decision flow how the decision is is um is taking place in in the flow of work and how fast does it go you know to my point earlier that

yeah

that may be lost that maybe get lost in in people not knowing that they need to do certain things or you don't have the right people in the right places, right? So here comes the roles and responsibilities to be clearly identified and taught and played properly.

Most companies talk about AI as a product decision.

The ones that get paid for it treat it as an operating model decision because a faster insight is worth very little if the workflow, the data, and the people behind it still run at the speed of a custom research project.

Today, I'm speaking with Aditi Sinha, Executive Vice President and Global Head of Technology and Operations at MarketCast, the operator responsible for turning AI, proprietary data, and engineering into insight delivery that clients can use while their campaigns are still live.

We'll talk about what it takes to move an insights business from bespoke projects to productized intelligence, where AI is changing the economics, and where the market is still over-claiming and why transformation belongs on the revenue side of the ledger.

This is a conversation about making the operating model the growth strategy.

So let's get into it.

Welcome back to The Revenue Room.

Incredible.

And that set me down this path of reading a bunch of books, like Scaling Up and Traction by Gina Wickman and Double Double by Cameron Herald.

And literally, if there's been a book written around Operating Models, High Output Management by Andy Grove, et cetera, et cetera.

I've read it.

And Meeting Suck, another one by Cameron Herold that will give you a lot of color into meetings.

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On top of that, you've got some people even calling for rates to get to in the eights.

So business leaders need to be really thinking about hedging the operating model and not just your origination pipeline.

In times like these, the market shrink, conditions change, but it also brings great opportunities for those who can adjust.

And that means sizing the business for where we are today.

So you have some organizations out there that are asset rich and cash poor.

And they're looking at potentially monetizing, selling some MSRs to raise some cash, which allows you to fund that next level transformation that you may need to undergo.

Let's dig in on the operating model a little bit there, right? Because as you said, I mean, we know volume is going to be down.

That's just the reality.

The technology is widely available, like electricity or water.

The operating model is not.

And here is the reframe I want you to carry with you Insurance does not have an AI problem.

It has an operating model problem.

And that is the same for most regulated industries.

In the next 20 minutes, I'm going to take you inside both rooms, show you what the research reveals about who is actually ready and leave you with three moves you can take back to your leadership team on Monday morning.

Because when intelligence becomes a utility, the only thing left to compete on is the operating model you wrap around it.

Let's begin.

You're listening to Data Analytics Chat, where data meets careers.

everybody i'm your host ben parker and welcome back to this week's episode of data analytics chat today we're exploring a challenge many organizations are facing right now how do you move general i.o from experimentation into something that creates value and scales across the business we're going to unpack what that journey looks like the situations We've had to look across data, technology, operating model, and what it takes to scale successfully.

Joining me today is Jessica Matheram, Chief Data and AI Officer at Nestle.

So welcome, Jessica.

And I see that only increasing over time.

And then, so you mentioned, obviously, the technology had to change when you started implementing this.

Was there, was it more, I guess, what had to change? Was it more the data, the technology or operating model? What do you think was the most important change?

Yeah, so I think your audience is probably going to laugh, but we were missing data.