Ryan den Rooijen

Former Chief Strategy, Chief Ecommerce, & Chief Data Officer. Currently consultant to private equity.

Chief Data Officers Are In Trouble, Part III: Striking The Right Organisational Balance Members Public

This article was co-written with Wade Munsie, former CTO of Controlant, CDO of GSK and The Royal Mail and multiple winner with Global Data and Analytics Leader of the Year. In the first two parts of this series, we explored the growing difficulties facing Chief Data Officers (CDOs) and the

Ryan den Rooijen
Ryan den Rooijen
Data & Analytics

Chief Data Officers Are In Trouble, Part II: Causes Members Public

This article was co-written with Wade Munsie, former CTO of Controlant, CDO of GSK and The Royal Mail and multiple winner with Global Data and Analytics Leader of the Year. We seem to have struck a chord. With over 50,000 impressions, thousands of readers, and more than a hundred

Ryan den Rooijen
Ryan den Rooijen
Data & Analytics

Chief Data Officers Are In Trouble Members Public

This article was co-written with Wade Munsie, former CTO of Controlant, CDO of GSK and The Royal Mail and multiple winner with Global Data and Analytics Leader of the Year. Last week at Big Data LDN, there was significant buzz around the latest industry developments, from generative AI to real-time

Ryan den Rooijen
Ryan den Rooijen
Data & Analytics

Why We Need an Industry Lens on AI Productivity Members Public

In their 1982 track Industrial Disease, rock band Dire Straits sang about the productivity decline of the British industrial sector and its socioeconomic impact. While the global economy is currently faring better, there are some important questions we should be asking when it comes to productivity. Whether on a personal,

Ryan den Rooijen
Ryan den Rooijen
Artificial Intelligence

AI Is Fuelling Riots, But It Can Also Help Mitigate Them Members Public

This last week the UK has been rocked by violent riots, spurred by racist rumours propagated through social media algorithms and group messaging. While the causes are different this time round, there are echoes of the 2011 London riots. Back then I lived in North London, and what I saw

Ryan den Rooijen
Ryan den Rooijen
Artificial Intelligence

A Leader's Guide to Navigating Generative AI Members Public

Are you a technologist? A marketer? An executive? An analyst? Whatever your title, chances are you have a role to play in the adoption of generative AI (GenAI) in your organisation, given the democratised nature of the technology. Bias and trust have been headline discussion topics in this arena, but

Ryan den Rooijen
Ryan den Rooijen
Artificial Intelligence

Want to Know if Your Data Function is Successful? Focus on the A:I Ratios Members Public

While organisations around the world are publicly scrambling to understand how generative artificial intelligence will transform their business, in the background similar questions are being asked about how past investments in data capabilities have made an impact. Before there was the hype around Chief AI Officers, there were board discussions

Ryan den Rooijen
Ryan den Rooijen
Data & Analytics

Why Many Transformations Never Cross The Finish Line Members Public

In recent years, many organisations have embarked on ambitious digital transformation programmes. Whether driven by a desire to promote agility, increase profitability, or harness AI, in practice these initiatives often do not move as quickly or yield the benefits expected. While various reasons underlie this, one overarching principle tends to

Ryan den Rooijen
Ryan den Rooijen
Digital Transformation