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Start with the Use Case or Don’t Start at All
This article is about why most data initiatives fail, and how to stop wasting time, money, and credibility. I know yo...
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Bridging the "Implementation Gap" in Your Data ...
In 2023 I was asked as an external advisor to review 12 data strategies for companies that had been sitting on the sh...
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What’s Missing in Many Data Strategies Created ...
I've been working in the industry now for over 20 years and I've loved every minute of it! Recently, the area of data...
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Data Strategy Behaviors
According to recent research, while companies are investing in data technology, many are still falling short with the...
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Why My Unlikely Journey Now Makes Perfect Sense
I haven’t written an article in a while, mainly due to my suspicions that the LinkedIn algorithm hijacked postal vira...
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Integrating Business, Data, and Technology Use ...
I often talk about business use cases vs. data use cases. Well today I want to lay out business, data and tech use ca...
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Stop Trying to Build a “Data Culture”
There’s a familiar pattern in the data world: we get caught up in the latest trend and lose sight of what really matt...
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Why Insurers Need a Solid Data Strategy
“Sir Tim Berners-Lee famously said “Data is a precious thing and will last longer than the systems themselves” In the...
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Gut Feeling vs. Data Informed Decision Making
For years decision-making has been a perpetual debate—gut feeling/instinct versus data. Some would argue that experie...
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