# S6, E5: Driven by Data Dilemmas. AI Adoption or Anarchy? w/ Irina Mihai, Director Data Foundations, Decision & Data Science function, adidas

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Published: 2026-02-17T05:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

Today on the Driven by Data Dilemmas Show, host Catherine Dowden-King is joined by Irina Mihai, Director of Data Foundations, Decision & Data Science function, adidas. In this episode, they discuss three key stories surrounding an AI Adoption or Anarchy. They discuss the how behind adoption, the wins organisations are seeing in real-time, and the final story offers an alternative perspective on the mass layoff fears. Irina offers her candid views on how to tame anarchy and lays out some of her plans for adidas' AI adoption. Remember, you can send your own dilemmas to community@orbitiongroup.com, and Catherine will gladly read them to our expert guests to answer and provide their own insight on. Driven by Data Dilemmas is the spin-off show from the Driven by Data Podcast! Catherine Dowden-King is joined by some of our best-loved senior leaders in the data, analytics and AI space to ask them to share their experiences, advice and thoughts on data dilemmas.

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