Data Practice Why Agile Master Data Management is a Non-Negotiable Heidi Lanford Chief Data and Analytics Officer Generating optimism to make an MDM program work means you’ll run into pessimists.
Data Culture 5 Ways to Make Data Literacy Stick Annabelle Rincon Head of Tableau Center of Enablement Annabelle Rincon of Vontobel Asset Management suggests five ways to make data literacy take hold as an initiative, even among users with little prior exposure to sophisticated visualizations.
Data Practice Self-Service Data: 5 Ways to Scale to Real-World Conditions Nate Mayfield Vice President, Strategy & Operations, Applications Service Excellence, Oracle How do you create a data foundation everyone can trust for self-service analytics? Oracle’s Nate Mayfield shares a five-point approach.
Data Practice Three Ways to Manage Data Teams During The Great Resignation Kevin O'Callaghan Head of Data Analytics, Teamwork Tens of millions have transitioned to new jobs or careers in the past two years, and data teams are no exception. Head of Data Analytics at Teamwork, Kevin O’Callaghan shares three strategies for managing through these dynamic times.
Data Practice Do We Still Need Data Cockpits? Andy Cotgreave Lead Evangelist, Tableau Andy Cotgreave, a Senior Director at Tableau and co-author of The Big Book of Dashboards, offers an historical perspective on the benefits and drawbacks of creating a single, unified view of your organization’s data.
Data Leadership 7 Ways to Attract and Retain Top Talent Multiple Authors Finding and retaining talent continues to challenge organizations across industries, and data and analytics is no exception. Here are seven ways data leaders are making their companies employers of choice.
Data Practice Five Ways to Scale Up “Cottage Industry Analytics” Sukhmeet Panesar Chief Health Officer at Monstarlab Small-scale, decentralized manufacturing may work for craft businesses, but not for data organizations, argues Suki Panesar from NIH.
Data Impact Data Analysis is a Communication Tool Takashi Yanase President and CEO at GooDay Home center president Takashi Yanase shares his thoughts on how a shared data language can change employee mindsets and transform companies.
Data Impact Leveraging your Most Competitive Data for Customers Nate Mayfield Vice President, Strategy & Operations, Applications Service Excellence, Oracle Each organization has unique data that no one else possesses. Nate Mayfield of Oracle argues that the most compelling use model is putting this data to work to improve the customer experience.
Data Culture The Crucial Role of Statistics in Data Literacy Eva Murray Lead Evangelist EMEA, Snowflake If we as data leaders only train people to use different tools without helping them understand what the tools actually do with the data, it’s much easier for them to get bogged down, or worse, arrive at a very wrong answer.
Data Impact Cool vs. Effective Data Visualization Emily Kund Principal Business Intelligence Engineer, Red Hat Emily Kund of Red Hat draws on her experience across finance and data accessibility projects to share how she determines the right point between aesthetically pleasing visualizations and dashboards that need to communicate in seconds.
Data Culture Why Everyone Should Be Data Lit Multiple Authors “Education does not diminish who you are. It makes you stronger. It makes your workforce stronger. It makes your team stronger. It makes your community stronger.”
Data Practice The New Vendor Contract: Three Ways to Redefine Software Partnerships for Mutual Benefit Sukhmeet Panesar Chief Health Officer at Monstarlab Large private sector companies can fall prey to Not Invented Here syndrome but, the NHS’s Suki Panesar argues, so can major public organizations. Here he offers suggestions to move past the Us vs Them conundrum with data and analytics vendors and work more as collaborative partners.
Data Impact 5 Benefits of Forming a Data Community Eva Murray Lead Evangelist EMEA, Snowflake Eva Murray discusses the tremendous upside of forming an inclusive #data community within the organization.
Data Leadership 5 Skills Data Analytics Leaders Need in 2022 Multiple Authors As we begin a new year, how should you be thinking about building your skills as a data leader? We asked our DLC Advisory Board about their priorities.
Data Practice How to Approach a Successful Data Governance Initiative Josh Tapley Senior Director, Enterprise Reporting, Altice USA Taking the right steps at the outset of a data governance program can save significant effort and time later. Josh Tapley from Comcast describes the best first moves to make.
Data Impact When a Career Becomes a Calling Multiple Authors Krystal Tsosie and Oliver Bear Don’t Walk share stories of their career paths and how their backgrounds became a driving force in protecting the data of others, as well as the inspiration for a groundbreaking data science workshop.
Data Culture Wanted: Four New Data and Analytics Roles Sukhmeet Panesar Chief Health Officer at Monstarlab As the UK moves toward its version of Accountable Care Organizations, Suki Panesar of NHS posits new roles in data and analytics needed to support the transition, roles that apply to nearly all data-driven organizations.
Data Practice How to Put Together a Company Analytics Day Neil Richards Global Data Fluency Lead, JLL JLL’s Neil Richards describes the mechanics and the benefits of organizing an Analytics Day, drawing together staff from across geographies and parts of the company to strengthen the data community and culture.
