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Seven Strategies to Level Up Your Data Talent

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Multiple Authors

Data leaders can utilize these seven strategies to close the gap between data leaders and managers in data-driven businesses to maximize the system-wide impact of data.

AI and Data Ethics: What a Data Leader Needs to Know

Rafael Alvarado

Associate Professor, School of Data Science, UVA

As organizations are still trying to understand how best to understand and apply AI, it becomes critically important to address the data ethics of AI and the implications of bias.

Josh Tapley

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Will Chief Data Officers become Chief Data Architects?

Josh Tapley

Josh Tapley

Senior Director, Enterprise Reporting, Altice USA

Comcast’s Josh Tapley posits that the Chief Data Officer of today is unlikely to go away, but may become more like a Chief Data Architect as businesses fully embrace data-driven cultures.

Data Governance Myths Part 2: This Time It’s Personal

Laura Madsen

CEO, Moxy Analytics

Laura Madsen returns to debunk more data governance myths in this thrilling sequel.

Understanding the Risks (and Benefits) of AI in Operations

Terry Johnson

Assistant Professor of Data Science, School of Data Science, University of Virginia

While AI can create efficiencies and benefits for businesses, implementing AI is not without risks. These strategies can help you get started.

Sukhmeet Panesar

Should Data Leaders Strive to Replace Themselves?

Sukhmeet Panesar

Sukhmeet Panesar

Chief Health Officer at Monstarlab

Suki Panesar of HNS describes a radical view of career pathing in the data industry.

5 Strategies to Navigate AI’s Ethical Landscape

Suresh Martha

Head of Data Driven Innovation & Analytics, EMD Serono

The pharmaceutical industry is transforming with AI and GenAI integration in drug discovery, clinical trials, and patient care. Ethical considerations arise with data protection, privacy, and responsible use of technology.

5 Ways to Build Enterprise Data Accountability

Jennifer Lindsay

SVP, Director of Enterprise Data & Analytics, Commerce Bank

Learn how an Enterprise Data Analytics Office can drive collaboration, data quality, and security for transformative outcomes.

Eva Murray

The Evolution of the Data Evangelist, and 5 Ways to Become a Better One

Eva Murray

Eva Murray

Lead Evangelist EMEA, Snowflake

Although the data evangelist role was once vaguely defined, Eva Murray argues that it has become a powerful way to help people in organizations adopt new technologies and become more data-driven.

Using AI to Drive Improved Patient Experience and Outcomes

Dr. Barry Chaiken

Global Head of Healthcare, Versalytix

Dr. Barry Chaiken discusses how artificial intelligence can transform healthcare delivery, enhance patient care, and shape the future of medicine.

Myth-busting: Data Governance Edition

Laura Madsen

CEO, Moxy Analytics

Moxy Analytics CEO Laura Madsen takes on three of the most problematic, yet still surprisingly common, myths about data governance.

5 Ethical Principles of Data Collection

Jonathan Fowler, D.C.Sc.

Founder and CEO, Kulturata; Adjunct Faculty, University of South Carolina Upstate, Wofford College

Discover the core ethical principles governing data collection. Explore how responsible data practices ensure privacy and integrity in today's digital landscape.

Paul Chapman

The Value of Diversity in Data Organizations

Paul Chapman

Paul Chapman

Global Director of Performance Management, BI and Innovation, JLL

JLL’s Paul Chapman discusses the value diversity brings to data communities, the challenges to finding diverse talent in this space, and how to proactively go about adding diversity.

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Confessions of a CDO: The Devil is in the Details

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Data Leaders, Anonymous Companies

Wise counsel from a CDO, who explains how tackling the biggest challenges in the CDO role comes down to paying close attention to the minutiae and becoming a student of the business.

Proving Impact and ROI for Data Governance

Wendy Batchelder

Chief Data Officer, Salesforce

Getting business leaders on board with data governance is easier with the right plans and metrics in place to tell the story about its impact and ROI.

How to Improve Data Literacy: 7 Proven Methods

Multiple Contributors

Multiple Authors

Modal Founder and CEO Darren Shimkus and Head of Data Morris Chow offer seven experience-based strategies to improve data literacy and make data skills come alive as data culture.

Colm OGrada

Five Ways to Find an Organizational Voice for Data Ethics

Colm OGrada

Colm O'Grada

Director of Data and Analytics, Tines

Colm O’Grada of Tines offers five best practices on how to bring data ethics to life in your organization.

The Three Key Data Literacy Personas

Valerie Logan

CEO and Founder, The Data Lodge

In the second entry of this three-part series, Valerie Logan (CEO and Founder of The Data Lodge) reflects on the three personas data leaders must keep in mind when developing data literacy programs, and dispels six common myths about them.

Transformational or Operational CDAO: Which One Are You?

Heidi Lanford

Chief Data and Analytics Officer

Heidi Lanford categorizes Chief Data and Analytics Officers (CDAOs) in two categories - Transformational and Operational.

Five Habits of Companies that Make Working With Data a Team Sport

Mark Palmer

M&A Advisor, Warburg Pincus

Technology innovator and entrepreneur Mark Palmer lays out five strategies data leaders can pursue to build data fluency make working with data a team sport.