Inclusive AI doesn’t start with technology, it starts with people. This tech talk shares a leader's journey of building AI adoption through human‑centric innovation rather than top‑down mandates. Drawing on firsthand experience running AI learning weeks, reskilling programs, mentoring communities, and hackathons, Subbu Palaniappan shares how intentional investment in people created momentum for AI adoption at Hitachi Vantara. By establishing a repeatable innovation cycle centred on awareness, ideation, execution, and measurement, AI evolved from disconnected chatbot experiments into practical, trusted solutions embedded in everyday workflows
Attendees will gain a practical way to cut through the AI hype, learning how early engagement and safe experimentation help turn promising ideas into AI solutions people genuinely trust and use
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