Davos Discussions: What is the ROI Heresy?

Traditional finance models are hitting a wall. This episode highlights a panel at Davos that gets straight to the engine room of the enterprise.

Jatin Dalal, Chief Financial Officer, Cognizant; Mike Rost, Chief Strategy Officer, Workiva; Jonathan Zanger, Chief Technology Officer, Check Point; and Jennifer Steinmann, Global Sustainability Business Leader, Deloitte gathered to talk about: The ROI heresy: Why waiting for a fixed ROI is like using an obsolete map for a moving target The 3x productivity jump: Why a 300% increase is the new starting point for AI Security risks: Understanding white font attacks and AI doppelgangers in HR systems Strategic insights: How predictive analytics and earth observation are changing risk valuation

Timestamps: 00:00—Multiplying traditional productivity by three 02:15—The Davos panel: AI promise and peril 04:10—Why ROI is an irrelevant measure for AI 05:40—Security alerts: The white font attack 07:15—The $3.8 trillion insight at stake 08:20—The Monday morning mandate

"Whatever you thought about traditional productivity multiplied by three at minimum, and that should be a starting point, not the end point." —Jatin Dalal, CFO of Cognizant

Find past conversations at workiva.com/podcast/the-pre-read