Interview Of The Week

Interview Of The Week: Samir Abbassi, Thales Group’s GenAI Value Lead

Who: Samir Abbassi currently serves as Thales Group’s Digital Business Coach and GenAI Value & Group Agile Marketing Lead. His work at Thales, a French global high tech leader in defense, aerospace, cyber and digital, focuses on driving digital business-oriented transformation for the Group worldwide while also maximizing the value of Generative AI.

Topic:  AI driven workplace transformation

Quote: “Start small, test fast, learn fast, and fail fast but that doesn’t mean you need to do everything fast. It is true that things are moving very quickly in the AI sector. While it is important to move faster than corporations usually do it is worth taking a bit of time to develop a framework that includes people, processes, and a clear vision.”

This article is part of The Innovator’s premium content and available only to The Innovator’s Radar subscribers. Click here to sign up for a free four-week trial.

 

About the author

Jennifer L. Schenker

Jennifer L. Schenker, an award-winning journalist, has been covering the global tech industry from Europe since 1985, working full-time, at various points in her career for the Wall Street Journal Europe, Time Magazine, International Herald Tribune, Red Herring and BusinessWeek. She is currently the editor-in-chief of The Innovator, an English-language global publication about the digital transformation of business. Jennifer was voted one of the 50 most inspiring women in technology in Europe in 2015 and 2016 and was named by Forbes Magazine in 2018 as one of the 30 women leaders disrupting tech in France. She has been a World Economic Forum Tech Pioneers judge for 20 years. She lives in Paris and has dual U.S. and French citizenship.