FEATURE reusable patterns with AI engineers embedded directly inside business departments. AI engineers serve as‘ spokes’ inside departments, helping them identify vertical use cases day-today and delivering the cross-functional visibility needed to make a real impact. The AI engineer who solved a problem for finance can share the pattern with someone facing the same challenge in operations.
In a department just getting started, the embedded AI engineer is the primary technical capability: scouting, prototyping,
Access is table stakes. It’ s a good start, but it won’ t get you to strong organisational adoption.
building. In a more mature department, they shift towards enablement, feeding patterns back to the‘ hub’ and helping teams navigate AI without getting buried in the process. Over time, departments will transform into AI-fluent practitioners organically as they learn from the engineers.
Fluency is the region’ s next advantage
The right operating model changes how a function actually works. Fluency hardens processes
26
INTELLIGENT CIO APAC www. intelligentcio. com