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I’ve written a book on data strategy, and one of my primary jobs is guiding businesses through the process of using their data effectively. [...]

The revolution in how we are using data to build new services for our customers is changing the way business works. In leading enterprises, IT and technology is no longer an enabling support service but the driving force behind transformational change and business strategy. Data is fuel for innovation and growth, but a large amount of the data that’s collected goes unused, and many organizations don’t fully understand how to get value from the data they do have. Solving this problem is key for leaders trying to steer their business along a path of digital-driven growth and innovation, and infrastructure [...]

How data literate is your organization? If your company is like most of the companies I work with, your organization has room to improve data skills and data literacy. Since we live in a world fueled by data and businesses that have people with the relevant skills to extract insights from this data perform much better and outperform competitors, data literacy is one of the most important skills to build today. Data Literacy is Important for Any Business Data isn’t beneficial to your organization until it gets put to use for your organization. Today, you would be hard-pressed to find [...]

If you have a goal to start a big data project this year, you might want to think again. No company should start a big data project right now. But, let me be clear. It’s not because I predict a major downturn in the economy or an incredible innovation that will change the way a data project should be run. It’s really simple. If you plan a big data project, you’re missing the most important aspect. It shouldn’t be about the data; it should be about your business. While data and analytics are revolutionising our world and changing the way [...]

Data is the fuel of industry and commerce in the information age. Insights and analytics help us answer questions about how our businesses should operate and who our customers are with ever-increasing accuracy. Companies can use artificial intelligence (AI) to put products and services in front of the right people when they are making buying decisions. Robots and automation are driving efficiency in every business process, from manufacturing to logistics to HR. And the global network of connected devices we refer to as the Internet of Things (IoT) – from smartphones to self-driving cars – means machines can communicate and [...]

Reporting the findings of data-driven discovery is often thought of as “the crucial last step” in an analytics programme , Unfortunately, this is often misinterpreted as meaning it is of lesser importance – nothing could be further from the truth! If you’re interested in data-driven transformation and discovery, then it’s important not to become one of the many who fall at the last hurdle thanks to a lazy over-reliance on generic Powerpoint presentations and stale slideshows. No matter how many petabytes of data you’ve streamed in real-time and how sophisticated your analytics stack, if it doesn’t give the right people [...]

Data is power in the digital economy. Multi-national corporations have made farming data from monitoring everything we do – what we buy, who we talk to, where we take vacation – a core business strategy. The pace and scale of this data farming has undoubtedly accelerated exponentially in recent years thanks to the internet, social media and the gestation of the “always online” society. But it was going on long before Facebook and Google were on the scene. “Data brokers” begun building databases in the mid 20th century, to cat alogue   us and our habits for marketing, fraud detection [...]