Corteva's one-person AI team saved $150M+ by starting with decisions, not data
rschmelzer · x · 2026-09-02
Small Team Big Scale podcast Episode 47 interviews Hoda Helmi of Corteva Agriscience.
- Helmi started as a team of one inside the $17.4B agricultural giant (21,500 employees, 110 countries) and built an AI and decision-science practice credited with $150M+ in savings.
- Her thesis: decisions — not data or tools — are the leverage point; start with one consequential decision and scale outward.
- She shares the "digital decision twin" concept (a living model of enterprise decisions, constraints, and futures), the Name, Fame, Same, Aim, Game self-promotion framework, and a franchise model for scaling small teams inside large organizations.
Related event: Corteva's One-Person AI Decision Practice Saved Over $150 Million(5 posts)→
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