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PODCAST | AI That Works – Lessons from Failure with Saint-Gobain’s Global CDAO Benoit Lepetit

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Written by: CDO Magazine Bureau

Updated 12:00 PM UTC, Mon June 30, 2025

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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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