Chapter 6 The Leaders

DOI: 10.4324/9780429343971-6

6.1 Introduction

—John Maxwell

We continue our journey to climb the data and analytics maturity ladder. Is this an evolution? For most it is, and a slow one. For others in smaller, specialized industries it can happen very rapidly. For a small few, they may jump into the spectrum as leaders. Others do not need to ever become leaders to suit the strategy. One of the authors’ favorite theorems is the “No Free Lunch Theorem”; put another way, applied to data analytics, there is no “easy button” that determines the right response to every enterprise. Every enterprise is unique and must decide the maturity level that is best ...

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