Article originally published on Forbes.com CIOs unwittingly may be the caretakers of their company’s most valuable asset: its data. Unfortunately, most CIOs and their CFO counterparts continue to take their cue about valuing their company’s data from antiquated GAAP and IFRS accounting regulations. Instead, they should have a heads-up and proactive awareness of […]
This article was originally published on Forbes.com With traditional business income streams drying up or in long-term jeopardy due to the pandemic-spawned economic crisis, organizations need to identify new sources of value such as from the surfeit of available data. Getting this right is a challenge that CIOs and chief data officers (CDOs) in particular […]
This article was originally published on Forbes.com At their own peril, PE firms, boards and CIOs discount the financial value and market potential of corporate data assets. At their own peril, PE firms, boards and CIOs discount the financial value and market potential of corporate data assets, especially during times like these. Currently, we are […]
This article was originally published on Forbes.com Unprecedented. This word we all have been seeing and hearing a great deal lately is intended to encapsulate the enormity of surprise and the magnitude of change the world is undergoing at the moment. But it has another implication. It admonishes many of us who are too comfortable […]
In an uncertain global market like that which we are experiencing as a result of fallout from the Coronavirus and recent OPEC fubar, inexperienced or unnerved business leaders tend to hunker down, tighten the belt, jettison the ballast, or worse, just stay the course. More experienced and steely leaders on the other hand take to […]
While attending and speaking at the TDWI Strategy Summit recently, I got to chatting over lunch with a couple data and analytics luminaries I’ve known for years: Professor Hugh Ryan (University of Georgia, Terry College of Business), and Marie Clark (GE Entrepreneur in Residence, and founder of Ambient Intelligence). We were noting how quick many […]
What a mature data & analytics maturity model is; and what it isn’t. President Woodrow Wilson once said, “I not only use all the brains that I have but all that I can borrow.” Maturity models represent a tool somewhat reflective of this sentiment. They typically consolidate a collection of thinking and experience on a […]
