CHAPTER 6

NURTURING A DATA-DRIVEN CULTURE AND ORGANISATION

In this chapter

  • Who are the main actors of a company’s Data Transformation, and how do you define their roles?
  • What skills do they need, and how can you develop them?
  • What are the common organisational structures you can implement for making the best out of data and algorithms, and which one is the right one for your company?
  • What does the CDO do, and do you need one?
  • What are the typical barriers to establishing a data-friendly culture within an organisation, and what can you do to mitigate them?

However counterintuitive it may sound, Data Transformation is, first, an organisational and cultural challenge. We find ourselves in a narrative dominated by data, technology and algorithms. ...

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