Written by: Dr. Catherine Binuya 

Presentation OverviewBozok-Omer

Omer Bozok, PE, founder of Pheonix iO, has ten years of experience in geotechnical and civil engineering. His contributions to the field include working in electrical utilities, oil and gas, waste management, and mining. He is the lead author of “NextGen: Engineering: Excelling, Practice, Empowering People.

Drawing from the wisdom of Sun Tzu’s writing in the seminal classic literary text, The Art of War, Omer Bozok presents a framework for a strategic approach to implementing AI for industry success. By connecting principle to practice, Bozok, proposes strategy and a playbook for leveraging AI that speaks to safety, security, and responsible innovation.

To be victorious, one must strategically plan first, know the organization, understanding readiness and constraints, have clear goals, and sagely pivot plans in response to circumstances.

Takeaways

  • Strategy: Laying Plans, The Five Factors that determine outcome
    • Moral and Ethics
      • Based on loyalty, shared purpose and value, and motivation
    • Heaven ~ External tactics
      • Recognizing cycles and market forces
    • Earth ~ Logistics
      • Based on data, technical infrastructure, budget, and AI team
    • Commander
      • Wisdom drawn from sincerity, courage, and strictness
      • Requires strategic vision, governance, and empowerment
    • Method and Discipline ~ Professionalism
      • Outline goals, procedures, metrics, continuous improvement, governance, and oversight

Each of the five factors has several key pillars.

  • Playbook
    • Involves five steps: strategic planning and goal setting, assessing, identifying and prioritizing gaps, setting timelines and milestones, and implementation
    • Rank (1-5) for the average score of the pillars for each of the five key areas: Ethics, Market Forces, Logistics, Leadership, and Professionalism to assess an organization’s readiness and constraints
    • Prioritize importance and feasibility of strategic plan scenarios to determine plan for victory/success
      • 1-3 scale: Minimum, Moderate, Critical

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