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5 Strategies to Close Your Data Team’s AI Skills Gap

Catherine Li

VP Data Engineering & AI, and Business Platform, Toast

Explore the transformative impact of AI on businesses and learn five strategies to equip your teams with essential AI skills.

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Your First 30, 60, and 90 Days as a Data Leader - Community Roundtable

Multiple Contributors

Multiple Authors

Join top data leaders as they discuss essential strategies for your first 30, 60, and 90 days in a new role. Gain insights on quick wins, strategy development, and common pitfalls.

How Data Collaboration Transforms Organizations

Adam Mico

Principal, Data and Analytics Strategist, Moderna

Moderna Therapeutics’ Adam Mico offers some ground rules to help data collaboration flourish in any organization.

Turning Process, Culture, People, and Organization into Data-Driven Opportunities

Karthik Palanivel

VP, Enterprise Data Management & Analytics, SiteMinder

Though the journey may not be quick or easy, it is possible to turn your organization into one that creates data-driven opportunities.

5 Lessons I Learned from AI Hype

Maya Mikhailov

Founder, SAVVI AI

5 lessons from a data leader on operationalizing AI, tackling ethics & IP issues, starting small, viewing AI as a tool for humans, and staying grounded amid overhyped claims.

Heidi Lanford

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Three Vital Concepts CDOs Must Master to Realize Value

Heidi Lanford

Chief Data and Analytics Officer

Heidi Lanford from the Fitch Group lays out her three critical concepts a chief data officer must have the skills to manage to realize value from their efforts.

Darrick Bartley

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Fresh Data: Managing a Key Business Asset

Darrick Bartley

Darrick Bartley

Analytics Manager, Charlie’s Produce

Charlie’s Produce leverages data analytics to optimize operations, enhance procurement, and drive real-time insights, transforming business practices across multiple cities.

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How Career Sponsors Can Build the Next Generation of Data Leaders

Mimi Li

Vice President of Data, HackerOne

Career sponsorship programs provide unique value to tomorrow’s leaders, particularly for the next generation of data leaders.

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My Data Journey…with Rachael Tucker

Rachael Tucker

Founder, Constellate Advisors

Rachael Tucker shares her non-traditional path to becoming a data leader, highlighting the importance of emotional intelligence, courage, humility and confidence in driving digital transformation.

Merav Yuravlivker

Creating a Data Governance Culture

Merav Yuravlivker

Merav Yuravlivker

CEO and Co-Founder, Data Society

Merav Yuravlivker, Data Society CEO and Co-Founder discusses why successful data governance requires data literacy, a strategy, and a shift in culture.

Self-Service Analytics: Are They Over or Have They Even Started?

Benny Benford

Founder, Datent

Current iterations of “self-service analytics” fall short of the agility and effectiveness that modern organizations need to stay ahead of the data curve.

AI and Data Ethics: Closing the gap between priority and practice

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Multiple Authors

Four data leaders discuss the challenges and solutions of implementing ethical AI in the DLC's comprehensive discussion on AI and data ethics.

Removing AI and Technology Adoption Obstacles in Education

Lena Winfree

Co-Founder, Rachel + Winfree Data Consulting

Educators need a fresh approach to keep up with technology and AI in the classroom. These five tips can help break down barriers to adopting new technology like AI.

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5 Things that Must Be in Place Before Launching Any Large-Scale AI Project

Prachi Priya

Chief Data and Analytics Officer

Prachi Priya shares her key learnings from the past year in AI, including the iterative nature of new AI projects and the importance of robust data and systems integration for success.

Heidi Lanford

Data Leadership

Building CDO Influence in the C-Suite

Heidi Lanford

Chief Data and Analytics Officer

Should senior data leaders align regularly with the CEO? Chief Data Officer Heidi Lanford of Fitch Group describes multiple strategic benefits from this exchange.

Josh Tapley

A Data Literacy Checklist

Josh Tapley

Josh Tapley

Senior Director, Enterprise Reporting, Altice USA

Josh Tapley from Comcast describes how intuitive data drives higher use and greater literacy.

7 Data Leader Best Practices for AI Success

Christy O’Gaughan

Chief Data Officer, GE Healthcare

Christy O’Gaughan, Chief Data Officer of GE HealthCare shares seven key best practices for data leaders trying to create strategies for successful AI.

3 Data Priorities for Any Startup

Alessandro Pregnolato

Data & Analytics consultant - Fractional VP Data, Unobravo

Preply VP of Data Alessandro Pregnolato argues for the primacy of a data strategy and team in startup organizations and shares three priorities to build data leadership.

Driving Toward a Higher State of Data Analytics

Dr. Andy Moore

Chief Data Officer, Bentley Motors

AI and analytics are becoming central in our digital evolution, with a need for data strategy and a clear purpose, as they enhance our capabilities in the business world and our personal lives.

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Driving Greater Innovation through Broader Representation in Product Development

Kira Wetzel

Global Head of Analytics Engineering, Meta

Kira Wetzel shares strategies for fostering diversity and inclusiveness in product design and innovation.