Data Transforming Business

Artificial intelligence is everywhere right now, in boardrooms, strategy meetings, and product roadmaps. Organisations are investing heavily in machine learning, automation, and generative AI, all with the same promise: unlock new revenue and work smarter.In the latest episode of the Don’t Panic It’s Just Data podcast, EM360Tech’s Trisha Pillay explores this challenge with Chief Technology Officer Paul Brownell and Sergio Morales, Data and AI Engineering Leader from Growth Acceleration Partners. Their discussion unpacks why so many AI initiatives fail to translate into revenue and why the real starting point isn’t the model itself, but the data, governance, and engineering practices that make meaningful outcomes possible.But here’s the uncomfortable truth and that is many AI strategies look powerful on paper, but the real financial impact is often unclear. This disconnect, called the revenue data gap, highlights an issue many organisations overlook. AI doesn’t create va