{"id":20661,"date":"2023-11-11T05:06:13","date_gmt":"2023-11-11T05:06:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mysourcefunding.com\/leadership\/cisco-cio-fletcher-previn-on-ai-tech-debt-and-his-famous-parents\/"},"modified":"2023-11-11T05:06:15","modified_gmt":"2023-11-11T05:06:15","slug":"cisco-cio-fletcher-previn-on-ai-tech-debt-and-his-famous-parents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mysourcefunding.com\/?p=20661","title":{"rendered":"Cisco CIO Fletcher Previn On AI, Tech Debt And His Famous Parents"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div class=\"article-body fs-article fs-premium fs-responsive-text current-article font-body color-body bg-base font-accent article-subtype__masthead\">\n<p>Growing up the son of actress Mia Farrow and Oscar-winning composer Andr\u00e9 Previn, Fletcher Previn anticipated he would follow in his family\u2019s footsteps and go into the entertainment business. But a funny thing happened as he was working on movie sets and interning for David Letterman and Conan O\u2019Brien: Previn became fascinated with the equipment.<\/p>\n<p><fbs-ad position=\"top\" progressive=\"\" ad-id=\"article-0-top\"><\/fbs-ad><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI remember being on a movie set and being more interested in the camera setup and the visual effects set up and the phone system than on the storytelling,\u201d says Previn, who is now chief information officer for Cisco. As the person leading IT in a company that has created the IT infrastructure for much of corporate America, that puts Previn on the front lines of digital transformation.<\/p>\n<p>Now, the guy that once built computers is interested in using technology to build culture. \u201cPeople&#8217;s technology can be stolen over time. It&#8217;s pretty hard to steal somebody&#8217;s culture,\u201d he says, \u201cand the shortest path to engaging people is what&#8217;s in their hand or what&#8217;s on their desk.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Previn spoke with <em>Forbes<\/em> about how Cisco is using technology to transform the hybrid-work experience using and what he learned from his famous parents that have helped him be a better leader. He also spoke about the best use cases of AI today.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA lot of the initial use cases have been around mastery of language,\u201d he says. . \u201cThere have been some interesting trials of getting better response rates to follow-up emails that we send out to potential candidates from AI than from actual human recruiters.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The next wave of change may be in areas like business development: \u201cRather than figuring out how to spend less money, AI is very helpful in figuring out how to make more.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Click on the video above for the full interview.<\/p>\n<p><fbs-ad position=\"topx\" progressive=\"\" ad-id=\"article-0-topx-1\"><\/fbs-ad>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sigfile article-body fs-responsive-text font-body\"><span>Follow me on\u00a0<\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" class=\"color-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.twitter.com\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/dianebrady\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0LinkedIn.\u00a0<span>Check out\u00a0<\/span>some of my other work\u00a0here.\u00a0<span>Send me a secure\u00a0tip<\/span>.\u00a0<\/div>\n<div class=\"bottom-contrib-block\">\n<div class=\"fs-author-group-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"contrib-byline\"><\/div>\n<p><fbs-cordial type=\"Follow\" natural-id=\"blogAuthorId\/blog\/author\/5004802\" author-slug=\"dianebrady\" page-position=\"bottom\"><\/fbs-cordial><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>Read the full article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/dianebrady\/2023\/11\/10\/cisco-cio-fletcher-previn-on-ai-tech-debt-and-his-famous-parents\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Growing up the son of actress Mia Farrow and Oscar-winning composer Andr\u00e9 Previn, Fletcher Previn anticipated he would follow in his family\u2019s footsteps and go into the entertainment business. 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