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Does your Board struggle with Big Data?

“It can be difficult for someone who has grown up in a non-digital world to conceive of a business as digital."  FT Oct 2014
  • Only two FTSE companies have a CTO on the main Board
  • 74% FTSE boards do not think Social Media is “important”
  • 47% have never discussed Social Media
  • 32% have never assessed vulnerability to cyber attacks
  • 67% businesses don't measure the value of "Data as a Corporate Asset"
  • 9% of businesses have a Chief Data Officer
  • Over 40% have a leader whose title includes the word "Digital"

​ “I grew up in a physical world and I speak English. The next generation is growing up in a digital world, and they speak social.” 
​Angela Ahrendts (former CEO of Burberry)
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​​Challenges
  • Board skills. Many boards and management teams prefer to rely on “HIPPO” decision-making (“Highest Paid Person’s Opinion”) or intuition, experience or “gut feel”, rather than adopt a Data Driven culture that challenges conventional thinking
  • Data Collaboration. Encouraging functional teams to work collaboratively on new metrics that are cross-functional (ranking customers by profitability, for example, needs sales and finance teams to work together)
  • Business Transformation. Unclear on the relationship between "Digital Transformation" and "Big Data"
  • Who to ask. Interested in learning more, but not clear what skills are needed or where to go for advice (CIO/IT, "Top 4" consultants, technology suppliers?)
  • ​Where to start. Uncertain on whether to hire a "Chief Data Officer"/"Chief Digital Officer" or to allow existing initiatives to grow unchecked
  • Project evaluation.  Uncertain how to deal with budget requests for analytic projects, and on what questions to ask.
  • Compliance & Governance. What additional factors should be considered when embarking on Big Data projects

​See examples of some of the questions you should be asking
See use cases: Financial Services, Retail & CPG, Media & Advertising, Transport/Other.

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  • What Leaders Should Know
    • What Boards need to know
    • Marketing, Sales & Customer Service
    • Finance & Operations
    • HR & Talent Management
    • CIOs, IT Directors, CTOs
    • How to get started
    • Executive guide to analytics trends
  • Industries
    • Financial Services >
      • Use Cases - Financial Services
    • Retail, eCommerce & CPG >
      • Use cases - Retail, eCommerce, CPG
    • Media & Advertising >
      • Use cases - Media and Advertising
    • Other industries
  • What we do
    • Typical challenges
    • Service offerings
    • Training & Education >
      • Executive Workshop agenda
      • In-Company Workshops
      • Webinar - Is your data a cost centre or a key revenue driver?
      • View / download previous workshops
    • Technology Ecosystem >
      • R4 Technologies
  • Blog
    • Articles by BigData4Analytics
    • Business Analytics Insight Newsletter
  • Partner with us
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