Samir Sharma

Samir Sharma

Samir’s focus is to empower business users by enabling informed decision making through data. As principal at datazuum, Samir has the ability to tackle both business and technology challenges. He has 20 years of international experience in the UK, Europe, Africa, USA, all gained from consulting and strategy roles across a variety of sectors – Aerospace & Defence, Government, High End Luxury Retail, Postal, Telecoms. Prior to datazuum, Samir led the decision sciences team for a large organisation where he delivered strategic data driven Business Intelligence & Analytics solutions across all sectors.

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Create More Tension: A Call to Data and Analytics Teams to Drive Business Outcomes
Data Analytics & BI

Business Driven Data Strategy - The Route to Su...

I was playing my trumpet this morning and thought about strategy as one does! Here are my thoughts: If you are thinki...

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Create More Tension: A Call to Data and Analytics Teams to Drive Business Outcomes
Data Analytics & BI

What happened to Decisions?

There’s a fundamental mistake playing out in boardrooms right now.Organizations are racing to build AI solutions, wit...

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Create More Tension: A Call to Data and Analytics Teams to Drive Business Outcomes
Data Analytics & BI

Why Language Matters for Data Strategy Success

Last week's experience with a client reinforced a profound truth: changing the language within data teams is not just...

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Create More Tension: A Call to Data and Analytics Teams to Drive Business Outcomes
Data Analytics & BI

Transforming Data Strategy: A Shift in Language...

I had the incredible opportunity this week to be involved in a transformative two-day data strategy offsite for a pro...

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Create More Tension: A Call to Data and Analytics Teams to Drive Business Outcomes
Data Analytics & BI

A Disagreeable Business Driven Data Strategy

This morning I listened to Malcolm Hawker and Dan Everett on the CDO Matters podcast. Early on in the conversation Ma...

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Create More Tension: A Call to Data and Analytics Teams to Drive Business Outcomes
Data Analytics & BI

Reframing VUCA in a Business Driven Data Strategy

This post was inspired after my conversation with Mark Stouse on The Data Strategy Show. You have to love the headlin...

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Create More Tension: A Call to Data and Analytics Teams to Drive Business Outcomes
Data Management

Data Strategy Value Drivers

These four value drivers are the most important aspects of any data initiative. They are ultimately business user-foc...

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Create More Tension: A Call to Data and Analytics Teams to Drive Business Outcomes
Data Analytics & BI

The Myth of Perfect Data

In the last week I've spoken to a number of data management professionals about data and LLMs. Most say we can't crea...

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Create More Tension: A Call to Data and Analytics Teams to Drive Business Outcomes
Data Analytics & BI

Strategy Meets Autonomy: How to Align People, D...

It’s become quite apparent that we are moving from the age of digital transformation and we are moving, albeit slowly...

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