“M ore than nine out of ten respondents feel that the primary challenges to becoming data-driven are due to culture, people, and process issues,” say Thomas H. Davenport and Randy Bean in the foreword to the Data and AI leadership executive survey 2022.

And while there is a lot to celebrate — majority of their blue chip respondents has appointed a CDAO, most are achieving returns on the data and AI investments and plan to invest more — not many have created a data-driven organisation.

The two thought leaders don’t stop at this conclusion. They offer four examples (shown in the image above) of what to do.

Smaller organisations (not the Fortune 1000 surveyed) are easier to be influenced due to their size. On the other hand, the data leadership is usually just a few people and they need to wear many hats. Organisational change is one of them.

Senior executives can support the data leaders by not only promoting the data-driven decision-making. They should practice it too.

What else have I read this week? An essay on the competitive advantage of data, and an article combining my two interests — data and cycling.

I was home alone last weekend and spent it on my bike. I don’t even remember when was the last time I managed to do 330km and 8800m in two days. But as great as it was I can’t wait to spend this one with my family again.

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Data scientist with corporate, consulting and start-up experience | avid cyclist | amateur pianist | Interim CDO at DataDiligence.com

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