Intelligent CIO Europe Issue 18 | Page 44

FEATURE: BUSINESS ANALYTICS ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// A DATA-DRIVEN ORGANISATION VALUES ITS DATA AS A PRIMARY ASSET AND CONSTANTLY STRIVES TO TURN DATA INTO OPERATIONAL ACUMEN TO DRIVE BETTER DECISION MAKING. the analytic function. The goal here is to move from sporadic projects conducted under the direction of each department to instead guarantee consistency of approach across the organisation, with a common understanding of how to deliver value from data effectively. It’s not about applying a one-size-fits-all approach, but instead fostering cohesion and solidity to ensure the team can agree about what needs to happen, when. Engage and educate hackathons for example can help to bring together your data professionals into one community, striving in one direction to empower the business. 44 INTELLIGENTCIO Once there’s a community in place, it’s then a case of getting these people to work towards what ‘best practice’ looks like, as well as how different roles impact Once you have your team of data science experts, it’s time to engage with the business as a whole. Educating the business requires the whole data science team www.intelligentcio.com