As automation and robotics continue to simplify critical processes and take over menial tasks across industries, it may be tempting to integrate artificial intelligence into every aspect of a business. But companies should resist that urge, according to Intuit CIO Atticus Tysen.
“You don’t want to deploy tons of bots, because you’re going to automate bad processes. It’s important to be strategic about which bots you build,” Mr. Tysen told the Wall Street Journal.
Intuit’s strategy, he explained, started with a small team of just a handful of people who could focus on perfecting a single automation project. That “center of excellence” then enlisted the company’s finance and human resources teams to help build Intuit’s first bot, after which other divisions were enabled to build their own automated processes. Including divisions beyond IT in the development process is crucial, Mr. Tysen explained, to ensure that IT understands each division’s needs. All involved divisions should have a stake in the bot’s success.
The team members’ ability to parse out which parts of a specific process should be automated will drive success. Rather than re-engineering an entire process, he said, it may make more sense to integrate AI into only the most mundane and repetitive parts of it.
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“It’s about IT creating the capability for the company and stewarding, teaching and igniting the passion for different teams, and then figuring out what makes sense for them,” Mr. Tysen said.
Date: April 17, 2019
Source: BeckersHospitalReview