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Rising pressure and rapid AI adoption are reshaping D&A work. What will drive 2026, and which priorities matter most?

AI is being sold as a revolution, but today’s pressure to act fast is pushing organizations toward decisions they can’t sustain. This article lays out why 2026 demands a more disciplined mindset—one centered on readiness, governance, and human judgment over hype.

Discover key takeaways and frameworks shared by data and analytics leaders from Highmark Health, Boeing, FordDirect, and more at IIA’s 2025 Analytics Symposium.

IIA sits down with Julia McDowell to learn how their internal GenAI tool Sidekick has evolved over the course of 18 months and where they plan to take this capability next.

In Part 22 of the AYDIJ series, Justin Coran examines how healthcare organizations are using AI today and where agentic AI is poised to take us next.

In this IIA Expert Q&A, Brigitte Tebow helps D&A leaders calculate the ROI from their master data management and data catalog investment.

In our last installment exploring IIA’s Returned Business Value (RBV) framework, Jack Phillips explores the variable of risk and common failure modes we see in organizations.

In our latest Breakthrough Conversation, IIA Expert Travis Grunewald discusses how organizations can break from their default setting in using traditional finance models to measure analytics value.

In the second installment exploring IIA’s Returned Business Value (RBV) framework, we take a closer look at calculating commercial value in analytics and AI.