Recruiting a New Team? Go For Diversity, In Every Way When defining their key performance indicators (KPIs), organisations are increasingly incorporating metrics around diversity and inclusion. While this is a laudable effort given historical inequities, it also makes a lot
What Makes A Good Data Leader? This is not an article about how to be a good leader; there are many great examples and perspectives on that broader topic elsewhere. This is an article outlining what
Care About Data Quality? Then Prepare to Let It Go Ah, data quality: almost as popular a topic as tax returns. While people will gladly converse about the weather at company events, try to bring up data quality more than
Lessons 2020 Taught Us About Data and Analytics The paradox of the difficult periods of our lives is that while we are keen to bid them farewell and forget them, they are often sources for some of the
Why You Should Champion Psychological Safety Today When I joined my current employer, one of my first priorities was to identify and understand how I could support any psychological safety initiatives in the organisation. Since then, I
Introducing the API Team: Assets, Products, Impact I am frequently asked how our data, analytics, and AI team at Chalhoub is organised. While data leaders generally agree on roles such as data engineers or data analysts, what
Surrogation and the Myth of Social Media Satisfaction If there are two activities that have spiked during the Covid-19 epidemic they are digital advertising and social media. It is interesting to note that in theory these are two
Failure Formula: Lessons to Learn From 2020 A Levels The GCE Advanced Level qualifications, or A Levels, are the most important school leaving qualification in the British school system. They are a critical determinant of whether a student will
Chief Executives Need an MBA, with A for Analytics If there is one term newscasters seem to enjoy it is "the new normal". Crying fake news seems a bit passé, but I struggle with the proliferation of this phrase.
Data and Analytics Leaders, Now Is Your Time To Shine As some countries are slowly reopening, albeit with major concessions to the post-pandemic reality, organisations face a challenging future. Even the most lucrative technology companies are not spared as they
Mental Health Is Perhaps More Important Than Ever While analysts prefer to keep a watchful eye on the Coronavirus infection numbers it is important to acknowledge the mental impact of the pandemic alongside the physiological. Many are separated
How AI Can Help With COVID-19 The global coronavirus pandemic has led to unprecedented scenarios in almost all aspects of life, throughout the world. A battle to reduce the spread of infection, keep mortality low and
You No Longer Have the Luxury of Ignoring Data Over the past years, many organisations have jumped on the analytics bandwagon in a quest to become more data driven. Whether they promoted senior leaders to champion data across the
Dashboards, Visualisations, and the Illusion of Control With the US reporting more than 100,000 people infected with COVID-19 as of March 28, it is clear that things are going to get much worse before they get
Ten Data Challenges We Face With COVID-19 (Pt. 2) The past week has been marked by differing levels of government responses. While some announced decisive policies, others went back and forth on the most appropriate course of action. Since
Ten Data Challenges We Face With COVID-19 (Pt. 1) On March 12 the WHO announced that "More cases are now being reported every day than were reported in China at the height of its epidemic," marking a new phase
Why Your Analytics Transformation Needs Help From HR & Communications Those of you that I have worked with before know that I have a soft spot for HR and Corporate Comms. Not only are these teams often overworked and under
AI: A Team Effort With the explosion of interest in AI across businesses of all kinds, particularly in traditional industries, the emergence of new platforms and solutions have helped make AI more accessible. The
Permission To Land: Ensuring Analysis Has Value At the heart of it, the purpose of analysis is to drive better actions through informing better decision making. In this article, I will focus on one of the most
What To Look For In A Data Leadership Role A few months back, we shared a series of articles to help analysts and data scientists choose their next role (parts 1, 2, 3 and 4). Here, I expand on
Beware Tech Advocates Bearing Certainty Many organisations are forced to take a leap of faith. Under pressure from consumers or shareholders they know they need to transform, but they might not have the comprehension, capability,
How Did Enterprise Data Science & AI Fare in 2019? This is the time of year where many of us find ourselves reflecting on our performance. Did we stick with those New Year's resolutions, or not? Did we achieve what
'Twas the Post Before Christmas (2019 Edition) 'Twas the post before Christmas, fifty-two on this blog, It was due this morning, but Ryan slept like a log; Yet this seems a good time, for the year to
Embed Or Centralise? Where To Build Your Analytical Capabilities When a business reaches the point when it decides it needs dedicated analyst or data science capabilities, one of the first questions that gets asked is ‘where should we put
When Not to Use Analytics In my fifty weekly posts so far this year, almost every single one has advocated for the application of analytics and artificial intelligence (AI). While this is often the most