Project & Technology Excellence

AI-powered Decision Intelligence Excellence

AI that demonstrably changed how and how fast the business makes decisions.

About this category

AI that demonstrably changed how and how fast the business makes decisions.

AI-powered Decision Intelligence Excellence sits inside Project & Technology Excellence and is open to organisations in every sector — the category name and criteria stay identical across Automotive, FMCG, Energy, Oil & Gas, Logistics, Aviation, Hospitality, Media, GCC, Public Sector, Education, Startups, Telecom and the rest. Entries are compared like-for-like, so you are only ever measured against organisations of a broadly comparable scale and operating context.

Who can nominate

  • Self-nomination — the organisation, team or leader entering their own work.
  • Internal sponsor — a leader, manager or colleague nominating on behalf of the team that delivered it.
  • Partner or agency — a delivery partner may nominate, provided the client organisation is named and the partner's own role is stated clearly.
  • Third party — a peer, board member or industry observer may nominate; the secretariat will seek the nominee's confirmation before evaluation.

Entry is free, you may nominate for a maximum of 3 categories, and every nomination is autosaved so you can return to it.

The nomination form flow

Six steps from start to submission. The two full-submission steps are what most of your time goes into — everything before them takes a couple of minutes.

  1. Stage 01

    Your details

    Who is submitting, and your relationship to the nomination. Reused across nominations in the same session.

  2. Stage 02

    Category & industry

    Pick the main category, then its sub-category — the jury evaluates against the sub-category.

  3. Stage 03 · Step 01

    Submission details

    Profile, context, goal and approach for the project. Narrative answers, no numbers needed yet.

  4. Stage 03 · Step 02

    Proof & evidence

    Before/after metrics, outcomes, supporting documents and final declarations.

  5. Final

    Review & submit

    Every answer on one page, with jump-to-edit links, before anything is filed.

What qualifies

  • Work that is live, at scale, and has produced measurable outcomes within the last 24 months.
  • Initiatives with a clear owner, defined scope and independently verifiable results.
  • Programmes that have moved beyond pilot into institutional practice.

What does not qualify

  • Concepts, pilots or intended work that has not yet gone into production.
  • Narrative-only submissions with no evidence of adoption or outcome.
  • Work substantially delivered by an external agency where the nominee's own contribution is unclear.

How the jury evaluates

Business Relevance20%
Measurable Outcomes30%
Distinctiveness of Approach20%
Scale & Adoption15%
Durability & Governance15%

Evidence you'll be asked for

  • A concise business context — the baseline problem and its stakes.
  • Quantitative outcomes (before/after) — ranges and indexed values are acceptable for sensitive metrics.
  • 2–3 short internal or external references who can verify the work.
  • Optional: architecture summary, adoption metrics, independent audit or press coverage.