Gartner Opening Keynote Replay: Walking the Golden Path to Value

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AI isn't everything, but it's touching everything. To achieve the next level of value, you must navigate the blinding hype surrounding AI readiness and the lagging progress of human readiness. Last year’s Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo™ opening keynote showed how CIOs, AI leaders and IT leaders can chart their own "golden path" – navigating vendor choices, reimagining the workforce and redefining organizational identities – to be agents of change.

Arun Chandrasekaran

Distinguished VP Analyst, Gartner

Galliopi Demetriou

VP Analyst, Gartner

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