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A Practical Guide to Building a Business-Aligned Data Strategy
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Data Community: The Force Multiplier
Data is a strategic asset. We've all heard this waxed poetically so often that the phrase has become almost cliché. Yet how often have you witnessed leadership make this declaration only to slash their analytics team when budget constraints arise? These leaders fail to recognize or believe that such cuts
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When Governance Clashes: Why Your Data Strategy Needs a Truce Between IT and Analytics
You’ve built something that works. Your analytics team is delivering value across the organization—fielding thousands of reporting and analysis requests, integrating disparate data sources, and helping leadership teams make smarter, faster decisions. You’ve earned the trust of senior stakeholders because your team doesn’t just report the numbers—you shape decisions with
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When Everyone Defines ‘Customer’ Differently: Rebuilding Trust in Self-Serve
Imagine this: You’re leading the data enablement function at a global enterprise. You’re responsible for data governance, BI tooling, and helping the business get value from analytics. Your team is technically strong and cross-functional. You support domains horizontally. You’ve seen how data works at large, complex organizations. And right now,
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Rethinking Data Security Before It Slows Down Your Analytics
In our work with analytics leaders across industries, we’re starting to hear a common refrain from a very specific cohort—those in private, non-regulated enterprises who are quietly waking up to just how exposed their data environments have become. These aren’t companies bound by HIPAA or Sarbanes-Oxley. They aren’t under the
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What Every Enterprise Needs to Know about Federated Analytics
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Roundtable Peer Insights: Building Successful Federated Analytics Teams
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Federated Analytics and Avoiding the Oscillation Trap
A client recently said to me, “I’m new to standing up an operating model for analytics, and I don’t even know if I fully understand what problem I’m trying to solve.” It was such a good question, and so honest. And frankly, more D&A leaders should start there. When organizations
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A Practical Guide to Building a Federated Analytics Operating Model
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Expert Exchange: Adding Structure to Support Our Future Data Science Organization