Why your third-party partners need to be on the AI train

It's time to take a long, hard look at the potential benefits of artificial intelligence for your company -- because your competitors are. The Global Center for Digital Business Transformation found that digital disruptors like AI and machine learning have the potential to overturn entrenched industry leaders and transfigure entire markets faster, they say, than perhaps any force in history. Consider AI's four major benefits: The problem is that despite the rise in the number of conversations around the benefits of AI, business leaders are still essentially flying blind when it comes to decision-making around artificial intelligence. We're all on the same first page -- AI is bigger than big, more important than mobile phones or fire. Adopt early, and choose the use cases that will offer the biggest impact on your business for your customers, and in your industry. But both internally and externally, there's no one-size-fits-all approach to AI, because that would be too easy.