S3 | Ep 50 | The Seven Sins of Data Transformation with Joseph George, CEO of Dufrain

In Episode 50, of Season 3, of Driven by Data: The Podcast, Kyle Winterbottom is joined by Joseph George, CEO at Dufrain, where they discuss the seven sins of data transformation, which includes; The differences between being an employee in a big corporate to running a business The realities of the Data Science hype cycle in 2017/18Why the good work is only done in pockets and silosResearch that suggests that only 27% of organisations are ready to achieve benefits from AIWhy they commissioned their ‘State of Data’ Report and some of the key findings Why most organisations believe they’re significantly more data mature than they actually are Why data is important but not urgent How most organisations can’t tie their D&A work to any increase in profit /revenue The reality of how organisations are still using data within an organisationHow organisations are suffering from the “streetlight effect”Why most data and analytics projects still don’t deliver the desired benefits How most of the blockers are non-technical The seven sins of data transformation Why data is an afterthought in most transformation programmes The lack of good programme/project management on most data and analytics initiatives The importance of understanding what success and ‘completed’ is for different stakeholdersWhy many agile projects aren’t actually agileThe three lenses of collaboration and why the lack of it negatively impacts many D&A projects Why everyone needs to think and act commercially and speak in business language Why it all ties back to revenueWhy we all have to look in the mirror The importance of being able to articulate the benefit of any data initiative Why the CIO is being chosen over the CDO for having responsibility for AIYou can find The State of Data Report here; https://www.dufrain.co.uk/