Viren Shah on AI strategy
From Leading with Relevance (Overtime) – Ep 23 – Viren Shah on AI Strategy & Purpose-Driven Leadership · · Relevantz
“The challenges we face with AI is how do we create value out of it? That is the unanswered question in many organizations and that is a struggle everybody's facing. I believe the two key approaches on AI is more about how do we not forget the human and unless the organization is going to become more aware or we create more AI practitioners and AI experts, it's going to be difficult for the solutions to be adopted.”
On , Viren Shah, Senior Vice President & Chief Digital and Information Officer at AGCO CORP, spoke about AI strategy during Leading with Relevance (Overtime) – Ep 23 – Viren Shah on AI Strategy & Purpose-Driven Leadership on Relevantz.
About Viren Shah
Viren Shah, Senior Vice President and Chief Digital and Information Officer at AGCO, has discussed the company's approach to institutionalizing artificial intelligence. In a March 2026 conference presentation, Shah described AGCO's strategy as a "bottom-up swell" to make employees "AI aware" and encourage them to become "practitioners of AI." He outlined a structured process with "L0 to L5 stage gates" for AI projects, beginning with an assessment of potential benefits. Shah stated that the goal is to "bring the human along in the whole AI revolution." In a May 2026 podcast, Shah said that creating value from AI remains "the unanswered question in many organizations." He argued that organizations should not forget the human element and proposed a formula for success: "100% of your organization is AI aware, 70% of your employees are AI practitioners and about 30% are AI experts." Shah described AI as an opportunity for technology leaders to "democratize business IT" and expressed a personal desire to shift from "impacting billions of dollars to billions of people."