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HBR's 10 Must Reads on Leading Digital Transformation, Updated and Expanded (featuring "Discovery-Driven Digital Transformation" by Rita McGrath and Ryan McManus)
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HBR's 10 Must Reads on Leading Digital Transformation, Updated and Expanded (featuring "Discovery-Driven Digital Transformation" by Rita McGrath and Ryan McManus)

by Harvard Business Review, Satya Nadella, Rita McGrath, Marco Iansiti, Tsedal Neeley
March 2026
Intermediate to advanced
224 pages
4h 15m
English
Harvard Business Review Press
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A Better Way to Put Your Data to Work

by Veeral Desai, Tim Fountaine, and Kayvaun Rowshankish

Though every company recognizes the power of data, most struggle to unlock its full potential. The problem is that data investments must deliver near-term value and at the same time lay the groundwork for rapidly developing future uses, while data technologies evolve in unpredictable ways, new types of data emerge, and the volume of data keeps rising.

The experiences of two global companies illustrate how ineffective today’s predominant data strategies are at managing those challenges. The first, a large Asia-Pacific bank, took the “big bang” approach, assuming it could accommodate the needs of every analytics development team and data end user in ...

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