Harvard Business

AUGUST 12, 2024

Good AI comes from good data, but data quality is an enormous organization-wide issue (and opportunity), yet most companies have neglected it.

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Data Company Management 82

Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

As AI becomes more integrated into business, high quality data for training AI becomes more valuable and a more important part of employees’ contribution. Companies need to navigate if and how employees will be compensated for their data, as well as questions such as who owns and controls that data.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 26, 2024

While CDOs and data leaders are excited about generative AI, they have much work to do to get ready for it. Despite excitement, companies have yet to see clear value from generative AI and need to do significant work to prepare their data.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 28, 2024

Many senior managers find themselves wondering: If data is such a game changer, why is it so hard to extract any value from it? For companies struggling to actually see results from their data program, it might be time to make a fresh start. 2) Many companies try to tackle issues that are too difficult straight out of the gate.

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Data Company Management 91

Tom Spencer

JULY 7, 2023

Our analysis was impossible without extensive internal data and financial statements. When we asked the client to provide the needed data, they ghosted us. Lacking data can lead to confusion, ambiguity, and incomplete results. This may be because the client doesn’t have the data or doesn’t have the time to collect it.

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Consulting Success

APRIL 11, 2022

Data analysis and models are very important to understand your business better. In today’s episode, Stephane Hamel discusses how you can leverage data into growing your business. Models & Data To Grow Your Consulting Business With Stéphane Hamel: Podcast #233 is a post from: Consulting Success.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 7, 2023

An entirely new “management paradigm” for data is needed. As used here, a “management paradigm” embodies a common language, a holistic vision of the ways data should contribute, a clearly defined organizational structure showing how data integrates across the organization, along with clear roles and responsibilities for all involved.

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Data Strategy& Strategy Strategy 100

Harvard Business

MAY 8, 2024

has taken a data-driven approach to questions around hybrid work. Their data comparing the performance and well-being of hybrid employees with their fully in-person and remote counterparts has yielded (often surprising) insights from which other organizations may benefit. But what is the right amount of time to be in person?

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Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

In spite of recent efforts to beef up cybersecurity, data breaches — in which hackers steal personal data — continue to increase year-on-year: there was a 20% increase in data breaches from 2022 to 2023.

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Data System Management 77

Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Despite the rapidly increasing prominence of data and analytics functions, the majority of chief data officers (CDOs) fail to value and price the business outcomes created by their data and analytics capabilities. It comes as no surprise then that many CDOs fall behind expectations and have short tenures.

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Data Interviews Strategy Strategy& 94

Granite Leadership Strategies

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

While strategic pricing is important to the success of every bid, the process of data gathering cannot be missed or understated. Data gathering is a continuous activity in every stage of the bid. Data gathering is in the outermost ring. Data gathering is the entry into the big lake. It is significant.

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Data Government Talent Construction 52

Harvard Business

JANUARY 26, 2024

There are three immediate challenges for companies that want to train fine-tuned AI models: 1) they require extensive, high-quality data — a scarce resource for many enterprises, 2) third-party AI models can include problematic biases, and 3) training fine-tuned models with users’ personal data may result in privacy violations.

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Data Company Enterprise Training 99

Harvard Business

JANUARY 15, 2024

Although cultural change generally requires human intervention, it appears that new technology — especially a new technology like generative AI that captures human imaginations — can play a role in catalyzing a data-oriented culture.

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Survey Data Company Education 88

Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

As reliance on data and analytics continues to expand across industries from agriculture to manufacturing, health care to financial services, it stands to reason that the next generation of data leaders will have far-reaching roles that impact strategy, decision-making, operations, and countless other functions.

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Data Development Financial Operations 101

UPD Consulting

AUGUST 6, 2024

Data is powerful. The fact is, there are serious limits to quantitative data, including the ways it can be manipulated and misinterpreted. When assessing matters of DEI, quantitative data is just one of many reference points needed to get the full picture and to start developing solutions. Except when it doesn’t.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Cloud tools and technologies are influencing the future of data science work in two key areas: scaling resources and improving workforce agility. If organizations want to make use of these capabilities, though, they also need to develop strong data security and privacy frameworks when operating in a cloud environment.

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Data Agile Tools Operations 76

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Today we have more data than ever before, yet marketers still struggle to understand their customers. That’s because today’s marketers have mistaken information for intimacy. The author, who ran strategy for Wieden+Kennedy, describes an ethnographic research campaign his team conducted on behalf of McDonald’s.

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Data Research Marketing Culture 111

Harvard Business

JUNE 20, 2023

With the explosion of generative AI and other powerful new data tools, chief data and artificial intelligence officers (CDAIOs) are more important than ever as companies navigate this new landscape.

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Data Tools Company Management 99

Consulting Success

JANUARY 10, 2022

If there is one thing the corporate world can learn from politics, it is data-driven marketing. Using Data-Driven Marketing To Grow Your Consulting Business with Phillip Stutts: Podcast #220 is a post from: Consulting Success.

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Data Marketing Consulting Media 130

Harvard Business

AUGUST 20, 2024

A conversation with professors Amy Edmondson and Michael Luca on data-driven decision-making.

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Data Company Strategy Strategy 72

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Today data is an increasingly important part of how restaurants create value, both on the demand side (how consumers choose a place to eat, make a reservation, give their order, and pay their bill) and the supply side (detailed preparation and food resource-management records that enable restaurants to optimize inventory and reduce waste).

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Data Operations Resources Research 91

Tom Spencer

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

A/B testing, also known as split testing, is a powerful […] The post A/B Testing: Unveiling the Power of Data-Driven Decisions first appeared on Tom Spencer. One of the most valuable tools that businesses can employ to reliably satisfy customer needs is A/B testing.

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Data Software Tools Meeting 88

Tom Spencer

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Whether it be a personal website or your client’s e-commerce platform, understanding website analytics can help you to uncover critical data that leads to success. The process of data collection, analysis, and product improvements for the desktop website will be different from the mobile site. Data does not need to be scary at all!

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Strategic Planning and Management Insights

MARCH 6, 2023

However, without a data strategy , the likelihood of achieving successful outcomes is greatly diminished. In today's data-driven world, data is becoming increasingly important for organizations to gain a competitive advantage and make informed decisions. However, simply having a data strategy is not enough.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 7, 2024

One big challenge that leaders have when figuring out how or where their companies can grow is that a dearth of data about future problems and opportunities.

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Data Development Company Strategy 101

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

But without such data, they won’t be able to set priorities and won’t know whether their efforts are effective. Very few employers systematically track their employees’ health and wellbeing. It is now possible to systematically assess your employees’ wellbeing and assess the effectiveness of your programs to address their needs.

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Data Resources Management 90

PM Alliance

JULY 14, 2023

But if you’re looking for more sophisticated and flexible ways to manage your project’s financial resources, consider how data can help make any approach more effective. Timely data can give your team an edge on controlling costs by ensuring that resources are used efficiently. What’s the latest insight into best practices?

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Data Management Transportation Resources 63

Epicflow

JUNE 28, 2023

More and more business organizations are becoming data-driven – they are leveraging technology and data to gain actionable insights, improve operations and decision-making, and as a result achieve better outcomes. How exactly is data used in project management? Are there any challenges in using a data-driven approach?

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Harvard Business

JULY 17, 2024

Building a strong, flexible “digital core” that integrates cloud, data, and AI technologies to serve as an interconnected foundation for your company is the key to future growth.

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Data Company Accenture How To 101

Rick Conlow

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

People are in trouble from Big Data and technology. 10 Big Data/Technology Quotes that Spell the Demise of People. Expert Bernard Marr says, “…everything we do is increasingly leaving a digital trace (or data), which we (and others) can use and analyze. Data really powers everything that we do.”

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