Christine Haskell, Ph.D.'s Blog, page 7
June 27, 2024
Anticipating Resistance: A Proactive Approach to Data Project Success
In data leadership, resistance to change is often viewed as an inevitable hurdle to overcome. Successful data leaders should reframe that paradigm to planning for resis...
May 1, 2024
Analytics Challenge: Lack of Data Literacy Among Stakeholders
The symbiotic relationship between technical analytics development and business utilization underscores the heightened emphasis on data literacy skills. Recognizing that literacy demands effort from technical and business domains, analysts must simplify and convey insights while business teams must effectively apply them.
Amidst discussions of talent shortages, the demand for business-side proficiency in analytics consumption is equally pressing. Bridging these gaps in literacy becomes a priorit...
April 2, 2024
All Technology Projects are Data Projects
All technology projects are data projects, yet data is still an afterthought in ma...
April 1, 2024
How real is Singularity? #KnowYourJargon
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Let’s start by defining it first.
Singularity, the idea that technology will surpass human intelligen...
Business and Technology Strategy Must Learn to Harmonize
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...March 29, 2024
Every system is perfectly designed to get the result that it does
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“Every system is perfectly designed to get the result that it does.”
― W. Edwards Deming
Organizations ...
March 25, 2024
Taxonomy v Folksonomy
When I think about the long- and short-term implications of using machine “assistants” like OpenAI and MSFT CoPilot, they function very similarly to Google. It's like y...
March 21, 2024
To code or not to code? The value of Domain Knowledge in Data Teams
A little while ago, I chatted with Gartner Analyst David Pidsely about a trend I noticed in the job market. It seemed the last 2-3 years, data strategy and governance roles suddenly required coding experience.
It wasn’t my imagination, he confirmed. In 2023, skills and talent shortage were the number one inhibitor to CDAO success. Hiring managers and recruiters have been packing job descriptions with coding skills that don’t always require them.
By doing this, data teams project to potential can...
March 19, 2024
Is it ARTIFICIAL intelligence or AUGMENTED intelligence?
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The truth? It depends on the design's purpose. An organization’s purpose ...
March 15, 2024
6 Myths and Misconceptions about Data Projects
As I considered how to promote my new book on driving data projects, I wanted to include myths and misconceptions that reinforce their value. I have experienced many of these in teams I’ve worked on or with. Data projects are not a static set of routines. It's a constantly evolving, open-to-innovation process.
Only 54 percent of organizations fully understand the value of project management, according to PMI's Pulse of the Profession™ report. That might explain, in part, why project success rates...
