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What Is a Data Strategy?
What Is a Data Strategy? 6 min read Abstract: What is strategy, and more importantly, what is data strategy? This article describes three important and related concepts in organizational planning: What is strategy? What is a data strategy? How do they work together? Introduction It is important that organizations obtain specific, quantifiable value at various…
Read MoreWhy Does Your Organization Need a Data Strategy?
Why Does Your Organization Need a Data Strategy? 7 min read Abstract: It has become cliché that data is growing faster than ever. However, organizations have still not developed the organizational culture, practices, and policies to take full advantage of the data assets that they already have. Organizations keep looking for silver bullets that will…
Read MoreHow Data Scientists Turned Against Statistics
How Data Scientists Turned Against Statistics 5 min read Getty Images One of the most remarkable stories of the rise of “big data” is the way in which it has coincided with the decline of the denominator and our shift towards using algorithms and workflows into which we have no visibility. Our great leap into the world of data has come…
Read MoreReport to the Clerk of the Privy Council: A Data Strategy Roadmap for the Federal Public Service
Report to the Clerk of the Privy Council: A Data Strategy Roadmap for the Federal Public Service Executive Summary The volume of data that governments, businesses and Canadians produce is growing exponentially, animated by digital technologies. Organizations are changing their business models, building new expertise and devising new ways of managing and unlocking the value…
Read MoreListen – Do You Want to Know a Secret?
Listen – Do You Want to Know a Secret? by Andrew Rudin Do You Want to Know a Secret? When the Beatles released this song in 1963, the world was different. Less frantic, and more naïve. Listen/ Do you want to know a secret/Do you promise not to tell?, whoa oh, oh Let me whisper in your…
Read MoreChief Scientist and Managing Director
Chief Scientist and Managing Director 1 min read All – Deadline – April 1, 2019 – U.S. Government Accountability Office is seeking a Chief Data Scientist (CDS). Reporting to GAO’s Chief Scientist and Managing Director of the newly created Science, Technology, Assessment and Analytics (STAA) team, the CDS will head GAO’s new Audit Innovation Lab,…
Read MoreData Leaders, It’s Time to Try something Different to Succeed—Design Thinking
Data Leaders, It’s Time to Try something Different to Succeed—Design Thinking Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. —Albert Einstein While there appears to be widespread corporate acknowledgment of the importance and value of data to competitiveness and innovation, there is still relatively limited success in implementing data-related…
Read MoreAI Efforts at Large Companies May Be Hindered by Poor Quality Data
AI Efforts at Large Companies May Be Hindered by Poor Quality Data 3 min read Executives surveyed by PwC said cleaning up their data would lead to big cost savings and revenue gains By Angus Loten March 4, 2019 620 p.m. ET Large firms are finding that poor quality customer and business data compiled over…
Read MoreAccelerating Digital through Data Foundations
Accelerating Digital through Data Foundations Dr. Shivaji Dasgupta, Managing Director, Head of Data and Artificial Intelligence, Deutsche Bank Markus Mueller, Managing Director, Global Head of Chief Investment Office, International Private Bank, Deutsche Bank Post Covid-19 economic recovery will be strongly dependent on the digital agility and ability of a company and the society in general—whether…
Read MoreProviding a Context for Oversight:How Boards Should Consider Data
Providing a Context for Oversight:How Boards Should Consider Data Data is a recognized asset. Companies are increasingly looking to leverage data as a revenue stream, to enhance existing products and services, or to increase efficiency. Risks related to data misuse and breaches, however, can derail an organization’s data-related goals. Boards need to understand the opportunities…
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