{"id":727626,"date":"2023-10-31T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-31T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=727626"},"modified":"2023-10-30T10:26:57","modified_gmt":"2023-10-30T08:26:57","slug":"lets-talk-ai-ey-africas-paul-st-quintin-on-the-importance-of-enterprise-ai-adoption","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/technology\/727626\/lets-talk-ai-ey-africas-paul-st-quintin-on-the-importance-of-enterprise-ai-adoption\/","title":{"rendered":"Let\u2019s Talk AI \u2013 EY Africa\u2019s Paul St Quintin on the importance of enterprise AI adoption"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In this Let\u2019s Talk AI interview, Michael Avery meets with Paul St Quintin &#8211; EY Africa Technology Consulting Enterprise Leader &#8211; to discuss why companies must consider adopting AI.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>St Quintin is a strategic problem solver who has over 15 years of experience in Operating Model Design with a focus on business models, channel management, business process re-engineering, lean process implementation, operational excellence, and cost reduction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over the last six years, he has also focused on establishing and scaling Digital capabilities for key EY clients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>St Quintin holds an undergraduate degree in Finance from the University of Johannesburg and a Master\u2019s degree in Business Administration from the Gordon Institute of Business Science.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The interview<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>In this interview, St Quintin explains why enterprises should consider adopting generative AI by unpacking the potential it offers in the realms of creativity, efficiency, and innovation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He then explains how businesses can maximise this technology by outlining the core building blocks that must be in place for AI implementations to succeed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>St Quintin also discusses what executives should consider before beginning their AI journeys, and concludes the interview by explaining how he benchmarks the success of generative AI adoption within an organisation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Watch the full interview with Paul St Quintin below.<\/p>\n\n\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SrKFSGw6Rxk?si=GBdHaImpMnTIjU-6\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paul St Quintin &#8211; EY Africa Technology Consulting Digital Engineering Leader &#8211; discusses the benefits of generative AI in business.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":727628,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9878],"tags":[7955,18550,18692],"class_list":["post-727626","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technology","tag-ey","tag-lets-talk-ai","tag-paul-st-quintin"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/727626","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=727626"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/727626\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":728046,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/727626\/revisions\/728046"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/727628"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=727626"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=727626"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=727626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}