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In my 19th Episode I speak to the incredible and enigmatic Bill Schmarzo innovator, educator, influencer and the Dean of Big Data. We talk about:
1) The origin of the "Dean of Big Data!
2) How organisations identify sources of value creation with data
3) Why the "pre-work" or "foundations" are the investments companies need to forge at the beginning of their data strategies
4) Why Design Thinking is important in the process of data transformation
5) Why there is a need to marry Design Thinking with Data Science
6) Why data initiatives die of passive / aggressive behaviour
7) Why culture is so hard and why exec management need to let go and get out of the way
8) Why command and control structures continue to impede transformation
9) What is value engineering and why it's important in the process of data and business transformation
10) Why companies need to do "proof of value" before committing to use cases
11) Why the economics of learning are more powerful than the economies of scale
12) What is "orphaned analytics" and how companies need to avoid this analytics debt
13) Why looking at the Tesla FSD model should be the model and inspiration for data initiatives
14) Why organisation improvisation leads to an empowerment of teams
15) Why swirls are better than boxes for successful collaboration, innovation and successful outcomes
16) Why there needs to be a person in the company focused solely on "data monetisation!
17) Why data will be the catalyst for economic growth in the 21st Century
18) What is the "analytics chasm" and why does it exist
19) The birth of "nano economics" for data
20) How to optimise the machine - human interface
About Bill:
The “Dean of Big Data,” I bring a business-first approach to helping organizations leverage advanced analytics and data science to uncover the customer, product and operational insights buried in the organization’s data that power digital transformation.
By Samir Sharma5
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In my 19th Episode I speak to the incredible and enigmatic Bill Schmarzo innovator, educator, influencer and the Dean of Big Data. We talk about:
1) The origin of the "Dean of Big Data!
2) How organisations identify sources of value creation with data
3) Why the "pre-work" or "foundations" are the investments companies need to forge at the beginning of their data strategies
4) Why Design Thinking is important in the process of data transformation
5) Why there is a need to marry Design Thinking with Data Science
6) Why data initiatives die of passive / aggressive behaviour
7) Why culture is so hard and why exec management need to let go and get out of the way
8) Why command and control structures continue to impede transformation
9) What is value engineering and why it's important in the process of data and business transformation
10) Why companies need to do "proof of value" before committing to use cases
11) Why the economics of learning are more powerful than the economies of scale
12) What is "orphaned analytics" and how companies need to avoid this analytics debt
13) Why looking at the Tesla FSD model should be the model and inspiration for data initiatives
14) Why organisation improvisation leads to an empowerment of teams
15) Why swirls are better than boxes for successful collaboration, innovation and successful outcomes
16) Why there needs to be a person in the company focused solely on "data monetisation!
17) Why data will be the catalyst for economic growth in the 21st Century
18) What is the "analytics chasm" and why does it exist
19) The birth of "nano economics" for data
20) How to optimise the machine - human interface
About Bill:
The “Dean of Big Data,” I bring a business-first approach to helping organizations leverage advanced analytics and data science to uncover the customer, product and operational insights buried in the organization’s data that power digital transformation.

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