Transformational Data Programs

Businesses are increasingly turning towards data as a competitive advantage, and along with that pursue the changes necessary to use data effectively. Most of the focus has been on tooling and
technology, usually in the context of large-scale data or ETL processes. The more difficult transformational challenge is in building a healthy culture which promotes data literacy, so we will
discuss the challenges and approaches useful for addressing these issues in organizations.

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1. Transformational Data Programs Adam Drake CDO Forum, Singapore, 18 Jun 2015
2. http://aadrake.com https://sg.linkedin.com/in/aadrake @aadrake
3. Background • Technical and data roles for a long time • Studied Applied Mathematics • Many industries (online travel, online marketing, healthcare, financial services, etc.)
4. Kardashev Scale • Type 1: Energy from planet • Type 2: Energy from nearest star • Type 3: Energy from galaxy
5. Culture
6. Defend forecasts against actuals?
7. The problem with painting a picture of data
8. The devil is in the detail
9. Don't sell to people who aren't buying
10. Kardashev Scale (data) • Type 1: Essential needs and legal requirements • Type 2: Operational reporting, KPIs, DWH, fragmentation • Type 3: Data for the future, BI is decision support, self-service and democratization, data org. focused on products and hard problems. No SQL monkeys.
11. From Type 2 to Type 3 • Think distributed • Win hearts and minds • Automate where practical • Tooling and support
12. Conclusion • Culture trumps strategy • CDO is a change agent (think Type 2 to Type 3) • Big data, small data, it doesn't matter • Focus on people and process, not tech
13. Questions? http://aadrake.com https://sg.linkedin.com/in/aadrake @aadrake