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The business case for a chief data officer
Why It Matters
The right CDO can help firms reap the benefits of data-informed decision-making. Here’s what your data chief should do for your organization.
Learn MoreData literacy for leaders
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Here’s how executives and senior managers can become effective and savvy champions of the data produced by their organizations.
What is synthetic data — and how can it help you?
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Synthetic data offers the opportunity to test new ideas and develop new products without putting personal or health data at risk.
How to build an effective analytics practice
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From designing intelligent decision processes to tapping the full power of deep learning, here are data practices to adopt now from MIT Sloan analytics faculty.
Try this data framework for analytics advantage
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A framework based on data, models, decisions, and value can help you leverage analytics for better business outcomes.
In-demand data and analytics skills to hire for now
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Hiring managers from Netflix, Pfizer, Comcast, and more discuss essential technical skills, soft skills, and finding the elusive “super unicorn” data scientist.
Data processing boom in investing favors large firms over small
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New research shows that investors are most interested in processing data about large, high-growth firms over smaller companies, even those with high-growth prospects.
Employees more likely to second-guess interpretable algorithms
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New research shows that people are more likely to trust complicated machine learning models over models that they’re able to understand and troubleshoot.
MIT Sloan research on AI and machine learning
An AI productivity boom is coming. Here’s what managers need to know to roll out intelligent technology that’s ethical and worker-centric.
How to forge a clear path to Industry 4.0
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Sensors, advanced analytics, artificial intelligence, and machine learning are poised to remake manufacturing. Here’s a 4-step blueprint for transformation.
SEC’s Gary Gensler on how AI is changing finance
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Artificial intelligence has the ability to transform finance, but caution is needed, says the SEC chair. Here are four of Gensler’s takeaways.