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PODCAST | AI That Works – Lessons from Failure with Saint-Gobain’s Global CDAO Benoit Lepetit
Written by: CDO Magazine
Updated 12:00 PM UTC, June 30, 2025
What does it really take to embed AI in a 350-year-old global enterprise? In this episode, we close out our three-part series with Benoit Lepetit, Group Chief Data & Analytics Officer at Saint-Gobain, in conversation with Julian Schirmer, Co-Founder of OAO.
Lepetit gets candid about:
- Why embracing failure is essential to innovation
- How Saint-Gobain restructured 150+ data professionals into business-aligned service lines
- The critical role of translators in bridging data science and business outcomes
- Why perfection is the enemy of progress in AI
- The mindset shift from POCs to profit-driving projects
Whether you’re a CDO, aspiring leader, or data practitioner – this episode is packed with insight on how to scale AI with purpose.
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