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Jane Crofts

Building Universal Data Empathy

Jane Crofts

Jane Crofts

Founder, Data To The People

Jane Crofts, Founder of Data To the People and creator of the Databilities® data literacy framework, argues that for people from all backgrounds to participate in the new economy, we must build what she calls data empathy.

Data Literacy vs. Data Fluency: What's in a Name?

Valerie Logan

CEO and Founder, The Data Lodge

Valerie Logan, CEO and Founder of The Data Lodge, looks at the importance of selecting the right words when it comes to data literacy vs. data fluency.

AI + the Data Renaissance

Multiple Contributors

Multiple Authors

12 data leaders share their thoughts on whether we’re in a data renaissance, the buzz around the AI boom, and what the future of AI holds in store.

5 Ways to Build Employee Engagement, Happiness, and Personal Growth in a Digital Era

Johnathan Barnard

Business Intelligence Consultant, ING Australia

ING Australia Business Intelligence Consultant Johnathan Barnard discusses his role empowering colleagues to feel as engaged and fulfilled as possible in their positions and professional lives, and shares five ways that data leaders can act as career growth consultants in their own organizations.

Nate Mayfield

Where Governance Meets Stewardship: Getting to Trusted Data Faster

Nate Mayfield

Nate Mayfield

Vice President, Strategy & Operations, Applications Service Excellence, Oracle

How do you create a data foundation everyone can trust? For Oracle’s Nate Mayfield, it’s a combination of a data governance team and a data stewardship team, both with a charter to act quickly when data quality is out of variance.

Data Leadership

5 Workplace Strategies for Data Leaders

Caroline Accumanno

Director, Digital Analytics, PVH Corp

Discover five effective strategies data leaders can implement to build a more data literate, and data-driven organization.

Candra McRae

Data Leadership

Seven Attributes of a True Data Leader

Candra McRae

Candra McRae

Lead Solution Engineer, Tableau Software

Every data leader needs a scorecard. Candra McRae, who founded and ran her own data consultancy, shares the top data leadership attributes that have made her successful.

Author, Krystal Tsosie

The Ethics of Data Collection and Data Mining

Author, Krystal Tsosie

Krystal Tsosie

Assistant Professor, School of Life Sciences, ASU

Krystal Tsosie, Ethics and Policy Director at the Native BioData Consortium and incoming faculty at Arizona State University School of Life Sciences, discusses how data collection and mining can become more ethical and how data leaders should approach creating and maintaining ethical standards for compiling and sharing data.

What Data Leaders Should Know About Knowledge Graphs

Amy Hodler

Senior Director, Graph Evangelism and Programs, RelationalAI

Data leaders stand to benefit greatly from knowledge graphs once they understand the applications, benefits, and how to promote them internally.

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Data Leadership

Confessions of a CDO: Get What You Need

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Data Leaders, Anonymous Companies

Take a look inside the role of the CDO in this anonymous exposé article.

Data Leadership

What is a data evangelist?

Adam Mico

Principal, Data and Analytics Strategist, Moderna

Moderna’s Adam Mico discusses the benefits and challenges of working as a data evangelist.

Seven Ways to Improve Health Equity with Data

Pearl Isawumi

MD, MPH, Data Leader

Improving health equity starts with properly utilizing data. These seven approaches can help health care organizations achieve this goal.

AI Ethics and Regulation: A Guide for CDOs

Mark Palmer

M&A Advisor, Warburg Pincus

Technology entrepreneur and executive Mark Palmer discusses the ethics of AI and what data leaders everywhere can take away from the proposed EU AI Act, and offers 5 actions they can take today.

Data Leadership

The Mid-Career Possibilities of a Data Career

Multiple Contributors

Multiple Authors

The barriers to entry have fallen for a mid-career change to a career in data and job opportunities abound for those with an appetite for change.

3 Ways Data Governance Drives Business Impact

Alessandro Pregnolato

Data & Analytics consultant - Fractional VP Data, Unobravo

Preply VP of Data Alessandro Pregnolato describes three ways that good data governance benefits organizations and drives personal success for data leaders.

Heidi Lanford

Certified Data: Building Data Trust in the Fintech Space

Heidi Lanford

Chief Data and Analytics Officer

In fintech, market data or financial information companies, the quality and accuracy of data are paramount. If you’re a credit rating agency whose role is to support efficient capital markets by helping market participants make informed, timely decisions you require accurate data.

Glenn Exton

How to Build a Data-Driven Culture

Multiple Contributors

Multiple Authors

Glenn Exton, Head of Customer Business Analytics, NatWest Group, and Luke Stanke, SVP Data Analytics, phData, look at three common data culture challenges and offer strategies to ensure that everyone succeeds in the journey.

Candra McRae

Make Yourself Essential: Tying Data to ROI

Candra McRae

Candra McRae

Lead Solution Engineer, Tableau Software

Sometimes the stars align and you can show remarkable bottom-line results through a strategic use of data. Candra McRae shares two anecdotes from her own career.

Neil Richards

Defining Data Literacy for the Enterprise

Neil Richards

Neil Richards

Global Data Fluency Lead, JLL

JLL’s Neil Richards argues for a more holistic definition of data literacy at the enterprise level that links to each person’s job role.

5 Tips to Make a Data Literacy Program Stick in Your Organization

Mark Palmer

M&A Advisor, Warburg Pincus

Mark Palmer offers up 5 tips to make a data literacy program stick in your organization.