Good morning.
If Day One of Fortune Brainstorm A.I. made clear that A.I. technology is advancing at a prodigious pace, Day Two brought a recognition that business adoption is not. Sanjeev Vohra of Accenture—Fortune’s lead partner on the A.I. event—discussed his company’s study of 1,600 large companies, which found that more than half of them were still at the “experimental” stage when it comes to A.I. Only 12% were what he described as “A.I. achievers” who have “not only foundational capabilities…but are also looking from the business lens at how to exploit and leverage A.I. for generating business value.”
Joining Vohra on stage was Javier Polit, chief information and digital officer at Mondelez, the global snack company, which Polit said has “a strong commitment and investment into being an 'A.I. achiever.'” I asked both Vohra and Polit to give their best advice for other companies trying to unlock the transformational power of this new technology. Their responses:
