Anatomy of a Use Case
Anatomy is the study of the structure and internal workings of an entity. There are likely many ways that organizations can determine the value of… Read More »Anatomy of a Use Case
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Data Strategist
This rubric covers organizational strategy and how digital transformations, the effective use of AI, big data and related technology are essential to an overall framework for business success in the digital age.
Digital Age Kool Kids Klub: Chief Data Officers and Chief Economists
Do you remember those high school days when there was always this one cliché to which all the “kool” kids belonged? The “Kool Kids Klub” members held the best parties, got the best dates, got into the right colleges, got the right jobs, and married the right partners. And they accomplished all this cool stuff right in front of everyone, yet no one could figure out what made them so cool.
AI and Data Literacy: A National Mandate
I recently participated in a regional workshop of government, education, business, and social leaders where we were trying to ascertain and assess 1) the certainty of national trends and 2) the impact of those trends on the region.
Leveraging Agile to Create Economies of Learning Mindset – Part 2
CDO Data-to-Business Innovation Dilemma: Deliver meaningful and relevant business outcomes in the short-term while simultaneously and continuously building and transforming the organization’s data and analytics assets and capabilities.
Leveraging Agility to Create Economies of Learning Mindset – Part 1
A recent HBR article, “Why Do Chief Data Officers Have Such Short Tenures?” by Thomas Davenport, Randy Bean, and Josh King, highlighted the Chief Data Officer’s (CDO) “Data-to-Business Innovation” challenge. The main charter for the CDO is to accelerate the Data-to-Business Innovation flywheel; to guide the business in becoming more effective at leveraging data and analytics to optimize its key business and operational use cases.
Occam’s Razor – Simplify To Solve Problems
Therefore, the golden principle to be at peace with these irritants in your life is simple: Simplify it.
Data Management as a Business Discipline – Part 3: Enabling Frameworks
A Business Discipline consists of systematic research, observation, measurement, and experimentation resulting in the assimilation of learnings into laws, theorems, concepts, principles, practices, frameworks, and formulas to enable the consistent application and ongoing enhancements from the real-world application of that discipline.
Data Subassemblies and Data Products Part 2: Economics and Journey Maps
In Part 1 of the “Building Blocks for Modern Data Management”, I explored two important modern data management concepts: Data Subassemblies and Data Products (Figure… Read More »Data Subassemblies and Data Products Part 2: Economics and Journey Maps
Second Order Thinking
Complexity arises from permutations, and to achieve long-term goals, it is often necessary to determine which permutations are both achievable and desirable.
Data Subassemblies and Data Products Part 1: Modern Data Management Building Blocks
I believe that there are two key modern data management “products” required to transition data management into a business discipline focused on helping organizations accelerate their data-driven business innovation. One of those “products” – Data Products – is already gaining wide acceptance as a way for organizations to monetize their customer, product, service, and operational insights or predicted behavioral and performance propensities.