Bumps in the Road
The above image appears in my updated [1] seminar deck Data Management, Analytics and People: An Eternal Golden Braid. It is featured on a slide titled “Why Data Management? – The negative case” [2]....
View Article20 Risks that Beset Data Programmes
This article draws extensively on elements of the framework I use to both highlight and manage risks on data programmes. It has its genesis in work that I did early in 2012 (but draws on experience...
View ArticleA truth universally acknowledged…
“It is a truth universally acknowledged, that an organisation in possession of some data, must be in want of a Chief Data Officer” — Growth and Governance, by Jane Austen (1813) [1] I wrote about...
View ArticleA Retrospective of 2017’s Articles
This article was originally intended for publication late in the year it reviews, but, as they [1] say, the best-laid schemes o’ mice an’ men gang aft agley… In 2017 I wrote more articles [2] than in...
View ArticleAn in-depth interview with experienced Chief Data Officer Roberto Maranca
Part of the In-depth series of interviews Today’s interview is with Roberto Maranca. Roberto is an experienced and accomplished Chief Data Officer, having held that role in GE Capital and Lloyds...
View ArticleLatest Interviews / Podcasts
The interviews that I conduct with leaders in their fields as part of my “In-depth” series have hopefully brought a new and interesting aspect to this site. However, often the boot is on the other...
View ArticleData Science Challenges – It’s Deja Vu all over again!
The rather famous tautology, “It’s déjà vu all over again”, has of course been ascribed to that darling of malapropisms, baseball catcher Yogi Berra [1]. The phrase came to mind for me today when...
View ArticleA Retrospective of 2018’s Articles
This is the second year in which I have produced a retrospective of my blogging activity. As in 2017, I have failed miserably in my original objective of posting this early in January. Despite...
View Article5 Questions every CEO should ask before embarking on a Data Transformation
The title of this article is borrowed from a piece published by recruitment consultants La Fosse Associates earlier in the year. As its content consisted of me being interviewed by their Senior...
View ArticleThis Structure has Novel Features which are of Considerable Business Interest
A skilled practitioner, hard at work developing elements of a Structured Reporting Framework © Jennifer Thomas Photography – view full photo. For anyone who is unaware, the title of the article...
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