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About OG
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Who is Olivier Gomez (OG)?
Olivier Gomez, known as OG, is a France-based AI and automation executive, entrepreneur and author. He is the CEO and Co-Founder of IAC.AI. Before that he spent more than 25 years in enterprise IT operations and automation at IBM, Hewlett Packard, EDS, Hewlett Packard Enterprise and DXC Technology. Full biography.
What does OG stand for?
OG are his initials, and the name he uses in public. It is also the name of his media brand, OG Approved: two newsletters and a podcast that filter the AI noise and keep the signal.
What is his track record?
At DXC Technology he was Global Head of Automation Delivery, with 200 direct reports. Across HP and DXC he helped run an automation estate of more than 3,000 bots. His work delivered more than $100M in business impact. He holds two granted US patents in IT operations.
Which books has he written?
He is the author of The OG Operating System, his new book on running your life and your work when output is cheap and judgment is not. He co-wrote The A to Z of Generative AI with Kieran Gilmurray (2024).
Which rankings and roles does he hold?
Thinkers360 ranked him #1 Global Leader in IT Operations in 2025 and #2 in 2026. Favikon ranked him #10 AI expert in France in 2026. He is a Gartner Peer Community Ambassador, an MIT Technology Review Global Panelist, an ambassador for VivaTech, RAISE Summit and AI Summit Barcelona, and a former member of the Forbes Technology Council. All references.
Where is he based?
In France. He works with companies and events internationally and has travelled to 67 countries, from global stages to remote places where people are not online yet.
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What he stands for
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What does technology-agnostic mean for OG?
He does not care which model or vendor you use, and he does not push one. Models no longer decide who wins. The system around them does: when to use a model, which one, when to switch, and how to keep humans in charge. Read the essay.
Why outcomes and not output?
Output is activity: tickets summarised, documents generated, agents deployed. Outcome is a business number, measured against a baseline taken before you started. Impact is what survives the next budget cycle. OG judges AI on outcome and impact only. How he works.
Why does he insist on ownership?
Anything that is business-critical and external is a liability. Before any vendor builds your AI, he asks one question: who changes it after they leave? Read the essay.
Will AI replace people?
OG’s view: AI is about people as much as technology, and workforces should be empowered, not replaced. He also warns that the AI era will not be inclusive by default, with 2.2 billion people still offline. Read the essay.
What does “Motivation sucks. Trust discipline.” mean?
It is the core rule of The OG Operating System. Motivation comes and goes. A system you run every day does not. When something breaks, fix the lowest failing layer first. All eight ideas OG stands for.
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The AI market
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Why do so many AI projects fail to create value?
In OG’s experience the technology is rarely the problem. Ownership is outsourced, execution is fragmented and nobody captured a baseline. The result is more tools, more pilots and limited impact. In a July 2026 study, BCG found that only 6% of large US public companies are real AI adoption leaders. Read the essay.
Does choosing the best AI model still matter?
Less and less. Model choice mattered a lot in 2022 and 2023. Now the companies pulling ahead are the ones that built orchestration: systems that choose, switch and control models. Read the essay.
Who is accountable when AI makes decisions?
That is the gap OG warns about. AI now approves, rejects and triggers actions inside workflows. Many companies scaled decisions before they scaled accountability, and that gap is where the risk lives. Read the essay.
Is spending more on AI the answer?
Not on its own. Most AI budgets do not fail at the model. They fail at the part nobody wants to fund: ownership, integration and change. More money makes that failure bigger. Read the essay.
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Working with OG
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What can OG do for my company?
Three things. Advisory for founders, boards, executives and investors taking AI and automation to scale. Speaking and events: keynotes, panels, workshops and event coverage. Brand partnerships for technology brands that sell to enterprise decision makers.
Does he only work with large enterprises?
No. He works with startups, boards and executive teams, investors, and enterprises from mid-size companies to the Fortune 1000.
How are paid brand partnerships handled?
Openly. When a brand pays for his work, the work says so. Brands get his independent view, not a script. See the case studies.
How big is his audience?
More than 44,500 followers on LinkedIn, a B2B executive audience. His OG Approved AI & Tech News newsletter has more than 12,000 subscribers, and the infographics and podcast newsletters about 6,000 each. See the newsletters.
How do I contact OG or book him?
Book a 30-minute call on Calendly or email contact@iac.ai. Media and event organisers can download the press kit.