Analytics has been making an impact in organisations around the world for decades, but the approach to exploiting the potential of analytics has often been disjointed, focused in areas such …
Developing Your Capability Architecture: It’s All About Being Able to Get Things Done
In the first article of this series, I discussed the current interest in Business Architecture that has been brewing in the last little while and also discussed some of the …
The World of Business Transformation
Business transformation might be a new term, but the idea behind it isn’t. Businesses have always had to evolve to survive. As “transformation” has become a buzzword in recent years, …
7 Ways to Improve Your Listening Skills
How can listening be a leadership skill? It doesn’t seem to make sense does it? Leadership is all about action and listening sounds so passive. That is why leaders need …
The Art of Collaboration
For the last five years I have traveled this wonderful journey of learning Ryukyu Kempo Martial Arts. It’s an Okinawan, Japanese style of martial arts with a focus on self …
Changing the Way We Do Things Around Here
In Data Management, designing the required controls and processes are not enough. There has to be an absolute focus on bringing people along with you from day one! Setting up this …
Strategy: Crucial Enabler or Tired Cliché?
Say the word ‘strategy’, and many people will respond with a glazed look and a sigh. Seen as a Dilbert-esque ‘corporate’ buzzword, people throughout organisations often disengage, seeing strategic thinking as something …
Fake News – a Data Perspective
The past year has witnessed a seismic shift in the global political landscape. Just a few short months ago, even the legendary seer Nostradamus would have had problems predicting that …
Rules Of Work
I have a piece of card on my desk with the following words on it: Think without any dishonesty Forge yourself in the way Touch upon all of the arts …
Have You Ever Considered Speaking at One of Our Conferences?
Would you like to find out what it takes to speak at our conferences? We are running a webinar on 20 April at 5pm entitled “Presentation Skills for Conferences: An …
The Third Generation CDO
We’ve talked about the first and second generation CDO’s so what next? We have all heard that the CDO role is just a gimmick that companies are being sold, that …
Is the Car Instrument Panel the Most Underrated Bit of Data Governance Ever?
I’ve used a car instrument panel pretty much every day of my adult life, and not ever given it a second thought. That is until this one went wrong and at …
Patterns of Strategy
Enterprise Architecture has always had a slightly unbalanced relationship with strategy. Often the line taken by EA is that its job is to follow strategy, to design, redesign or reconfigure …
Business is a Relationship – Using Business Relationship Managers to Converge the Business and IT
Many of my consulting clients have expressed their challenges regarding business-IT alignment. However, there are many that believe the word “alignment” should be replaced with the word “convergence.” What does …
The Secret Ingredients of the Successful CDO
Being a Chief Data Officer in the current climate is a rather interesting place to be, it can feel a little like dancing on quicksand while you have to learn …
DAMA International’s Certified Data Management Professional Program
DAMA International is the global membership organisation for Data Management professionals and has been around as a central organisation for close on 30 years (first chapter opened in 1980). As …
Predicting the Future With Our Robot Overlords
So, you want to predict the future, make the right calls and die happy? Well, you’ll need to build a robot overlord to help you. You can get a sense …
The Chief Data Officer “Sweet Spot”
I verbally “scribbled” something quite like the exhibit above recently in conversation with a longstanding professional associate. This was while we were discussing where the CDO role currently sat in …
Developing your Process Architecture: It’s all About Your Work
Introduction In the first article of this series, I discussed the current interest in Business Architecture that has been brewing in the last little while and also discussed some of …
The Mythic Business Analyst: The Next Evolution of the BA Role
I have been interested in myths and legends for as long as I can remember, thrilling to the adventures of the heroes and heroines that battled the forces of darkness, …