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A PARADIGM SHIFT : THE MISSING LINK BETWEEN DATA DEMOCRATIZATION AND DATA FABRIC
Benjamin Henshall , Regional VP and General Manager , ANZ , Denodo , says you don ’ t have to accept ‘ mediocrity ’ in how your organization uses data .
It is well understood by CEO ’ s and their respective leadership teams that it ’ s not the collection of data that is a primary challenge to improve organisational performance , but rather the continuous delivery of ‘ usable data ’ into the hands of all their employees , customers , partners and third parties .
For any Executive Leadership Team meeting going on right now around the country , there are questions – and dare I say , frustrating discussions about what to do next , where to reallocate resources , what threats are emerging , where opportunities are for incremental improvement and how and why the execution of the strategy is or is not meeting its goals or objectives .
“ What is the data showing ?”
“ Do we need more data to validate those assumptions ?”
Leaders and company boards have more data available to their decision-making processes than ever before .
“ Can we compare what occurred last period more accurately to this period ?”
“ What other benchmarks can we use to see what needs improving ?”
And on it goes . . .
We are all acutely aware that in today ’ s world , executive leadership data combined with experience , technical and organisational knowledge as well as industry and
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