The most often-used words in the business lexicon of any present-day chief executive officer are catchwords such as innovation, digital strategy, data analytics, machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI).
The CEO is, in most circumstances, under pressure from the board - and rightly so - to have an "innovation agenda", responding to investor expectations, as markets are inclined to reward enterprises which have one and penalise those without.
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