One Minute With: Jamshed Wadia, Intel’s director of marketing experiences, on machine learning and human biases

Interviewer: What’s the one human trait that machine learning cannot replicate?

Jamshed Wadia: Human biases.

Jamshed Wadia: My name is Jamshed Wadia. I’ve been with Intel for 16 years now. I’m currently the director for customer and marketing experiences at Intel.

Interviewer: What’s your professional superpower?

Jamshed Wadia: Get stuff done.

Interviewer: What’s the biggest career risk you’ve taken?

Jamshed Wadia: Shifting to digital. It’s not that easy.

Interviewer: What’s a common misperception about you?

Jamshed Wadia: Intense.

Interviewer: What’s your worst habit?

Jamshed Wadia: Being intense.

Interviewer: If you weren’t doing what you were doing, what would you be doing?

Jamshed Wadia: I would be a deejay.

Interviewer: What’s your YouTube sinful indulgence?

Jamshed Wadia: K-pop.

Interviewer: What’s the hardest part of your job?

Jamshed Wadia: Just getting people to work together all the time.

Interviewer: What habit have you had to break to be a more effective leader?

Jamshed Wadia: Stop talking, start listening.

Interviewer: What industry topic doesn’t get talked about enough?

Jamshed Wadia: Inclusion.

Interviewer: What industry topic do you wish people would stop talking about?

Jamshed Wadia: Diversity without the conversation around inclusion. They have to go together.

Interviewer: What’s your biggest pet peeve?

Jamshed Wadia: People don’t do what they say, and say what they do.