Today we’re talking to George Spafford, Vice President Analyst at Gartner. We discuss the lessons George learned from his worldwide travels as a young man, the real value of AI when pitted against massive amounts of data, and why even the most transformative AI may not destroy the world after all.

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About George Spafford

George Spafford is a Vice President Analyst for Gartner, covering DevOps / DevSecOps, Platform Engineering and Site Reliability Engineering (SRE). His publications include hundreds of articles and numerous books on IT management, as well as co-authorship of “The Phoenix Project,” “The Visible Ops Handbook” and “Visible Ops Security.”

Prior to joining Gartner, Mr. Spafford consulted on ITIL, IT strategy, Information Security and overall IT service improvement. Mr. Spafford holds an M.B.A. from Notre Dame, a B.A. in materials and logistics management from Michigan State University and an honorary degree from Konan Daigaku in Japan. He is a certified ITIL Expert, a TOCICO Jonah and a Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA).

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