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The business case for a chief data officer
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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.
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5 lessons for effective dashboards
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Companies that succeed at digital transformation use dashboards to measure what value is created, and how.
How chief financial officers are optimizing their KPIs
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CFOs kick their key performance indicators up a notch by taking ownership of the data model and data governance.
2021, illustrated
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Six illustrations we loved this year.
How to build a data-sharing culture — and why
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Successful chief data officers shift the narrative away from the risks of data sharing to the risks of not sharing.
3 ways to build a data-driven culture in your organization
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Chief data officers share advice on how to connect data to organizational culture and develop data professionals who speak the language of business.
6 steps for leading successful data science teams
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To support data science teams, start by pointing them toward the right problem.
6 trends in data and artificial intelligence
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Data leaders are focusing on customer experience analytics, external data, and using data to meet equity and inclusion goals.
The CIO role is changing. Here’s what’s next
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Chief information officers are focused on new business models, cloud infrastructure, and working with the C-suite, according to a new survey.
This portfolio approach accounts for ‘shocks and drifts’
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Better than mean variance? This approach to portfolio formation accounts for shocks like pandemics and “drifts” like climate change.
Decisions, not data, should drive analytics programs
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Stop letting the data you happen to have guide your decision-making.