Nono Bokete is the CEO of Data Sentinels. She's advised leadership teams across mining, financial services, and supply chain and her background is in data science.
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Why this matters
The pattern repeats across industries: leadership approves an AI initiative, and the rollout begins with real momentum.
Then adoption stalls, and the tool gets blamed. But the tool was rarely the problem.
What gets skipped, almost every time, is the most basic question — the one about what decision the tool was actually supposed to improve.
Key ideas from this conversation
Digital transformation is a decision, not a technology purchase.
A five-part test decides whether a tool actually gets used.
The brain processes organizational change like a physical threat.
Real transformation shows up in decisions — not dashboards.
A simple founder lens
Before rolling out a new tool, it's worth sitting with what it's actually meant to change.
What decision, exactly, is this supposed to make different?
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