In this episode of Gartner ThinkCast, we explore how executive conversations about AI are rapidly evolving — and why focusing on ROI alone is no longer enough. Drawing from his standout session from Gartner CIO Leadership Forum, VP Analyst Nate Suda unpacks three distinct C-suite perspectives shaping AI strategy today: value, workforce and operating philosophy.
You’ll learn:
How conversations on AI are changing
The three C-suite lenses
New tests for AI success
What an AI-shaped organization looks like
Human-plus work and structural change
Impacts on talent, roles and organizational design
Nate Suda | VP Analyst
Nate Suda is a VP Analyst whose research examines how AI changes the economics of business. His work focuses on AI Value & Economics, including how organisations create, measure and sustain business value from AI, how AI reshapes enterprise cost structures, and how it changes competitive advantage. He advises CIOs, CFOs and CEOs on executive decisions related to AI investment, value realisation, pricing, productivity, workforce strategy, operating models and margin. His recent research includes AI value measurement, enterprise AI economics, agentic cost behaviour, competitive strategy, workforce transformation and executive communication of AI value. Example client issues include: * How do we create measurable business value from AI? * How should we measure AI success beyond ROI? * How should we prioritise AI investments across cost reduction, growth and competitive advantage? * How will agentic AI reshape enterprise cost structures, pricing and margin? * How should AI reshape workforce strategy and operating models? * How should CIOs communicate AI value to CEOs, CFOs and boards?
Hosted by: Karen Lockhart
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