REPORT DOWNLOAD: 4IR Report 2019

Independent research, commissioned by Big Data LDN and sponsored by Cloudera, surveyed 500 of the UK’s most influential data leaders as they struggle to juggle Brexit turmoil, increasing regulations and decipher the blurred lines of data ethics and data privacy. The UK’s impending divorce from the EU, paired with consistent...

Can the CDO be a profit centre?

We’ve all heard the grand quotes “Data is the new oil” and “Data powers the new economy” amongst others. But the reality is often very far from these bold statements. When I speak to my peers — too often they seem to get bogged down in the day to day...

Looking ahead to DataTalks

DataTalks, the leading conference for Chief Data Officers and Data Leaders, is returning to London on 26/27 June. Here is an exclusive sneak preview of what attendees can expect from the widely anticipated conference programme. A programme for Data Leaders, by Data Leaders DataTalks provides next generation data thought leadership...

Bridging The Gap For Women In Tech

Despite the efforts of some of the biggest global technology brands, there is still a huge disparity between the number of male and female workers. In the wider tech industry, just 17% of employees are women and, according to a recent study by Analytics Insight, only 30% of women are...

Why bother with a data driven transformation?

Regular engagement with our fellow Chief Data Officers and Chief Information Officers (who are all awesome by the way!) shows that the drivers pushing or drawing organisations into data driven transformation tend to come from one or more of five origins. The first is competitive advantage. Many organisations understand that...

Data Leaders Panel Debate

ENDING THE WAR FOR TALENT

Partner Event – DataTalks: The Conference for Data Leaders by Data Leaders

On the 8th and 9th November 2018 together with Carruthers & Jackson and Eden Smith, Big Data LDN producers 3rd Street Group LTD will be hosting data leaders at the Andaz hotel. Join Us There will be practical workshops as well as the opportunity to learn from thought leaders about the...

REPORT DOWNLOAD: 4IR Report 2018

Data is often left to the IT department to deal with. However, the insights made available by data analytics affect the entire organisation and therefore should be a boardroom issue. To see how IT can get itself into trouble, look no further than IT security. When there is a massive...

Creating ROI From Big Data Investments – Monetising Your Data Asset

Companies are investing untold amounts of money and time into their data ecosystems all in an attempt to benefit from greater insights and an ability to take smarter and faster action across their business. Most recently, innovative companies have invested further into new Big Data solutions designed to get them...

The role of the Chief Data Officer inside a company

Pete Williams, ex-Head of Enterprise Analytics at Marks and Spencer, now running his own outcome focused data consultancy, The Decision Playbook, shares with us in this interview his view around the transformational role of the CDO. His overall aim is to bring dynamic data to the heart of every business...

The evolving role of the chief data officer

Team Keboola interviews Peter Jackson, CDO from Southern Water – Is the CDO figure a result of the digital transformation? – Why many businesses still don’t have a CDO? – Which are the consequences of not having a CDO? – How a data structure should look like in a business?...

REPORT DOWNLOAD: 4IR Report 2017

Introducing Data-Driven LDN, a brand new conference theatre at Big Data LDN, focused on how to build a successful enterprise-wide data culture. This track shows how to align business objectives with data strategy, highlighting issues around data ownership, GDPR, culture, skills, regulation, governance and strategic technology architecture. Data-Driven LDN examines...

Leading Chief Technology Officers to open Keynote Programme

Big Data LDN are delighted to announce that Amr Awadallah, Chief Technology Officer and co-founder at Cloudera will open day 2 of Big Data LDN, delivering a keynote on machine learning, AI & the future of big data analytics. Amr joins previously confirmed Neha Narkhede, Chief Technology Officer and co-founder at...

CDO – Relating to the rest of the C suite

Authors: Caroline Carruthers, Chief Data Officer Network Rail, and Peter Jackson, Head of Data Southern Water There are more C suite roles than there used to be, the long established roles of Chief Executive and Chief Information Officer now have to compete for room at the table with roles like the...

The Third Generation CDO

Authors: Caroline Carruthers, Chief Data Officer Network Rail, and Peter Jackson, Head of Data The Pensions Regulator. 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 won’t actually help them...

The second generation CDO

Authors: Caroline Carruthers, Chief Data Officer Network Rail, and Peter Jackson, Head of Data The Pensions Regulator. A previous article proposed that a second generation CDO turns the ‘possible’ into an art form, ‘understanding the nuances of the family and making the house a home filled with wonder and intelligence’. The...

First Generation v Second Generation CDO

Authors: Caroline Carruthers, Chief Data Officer Network Rail, and Peter Jackson, Head of Data The Pensions Regulator. 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 to juggle wriggling snakes....

Avoiding the Hype Cycle

Author: Caroline Carruthers, Chief Data Officer at Network Rail 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 to juggle wriggling snakes. So in order to help people interested...

Delivering a Data Strategy in the Cauldron of BAU

Authors: Caroline Carruthers, Chief Data Officer Network Rail, and Peter Jackson, Head of Data The Pensions Regulator. One of the most difficult tasks for the new CDO is developing a Data Strategy whilst the organisation continues to operate (and must continue to operate) using and abusing data, continuing with bad habits...

Chief Data Officer – The first 100 days, part 2

Authors: Caroline Carruthers, Chief Data Officer Network Rail, and Peter Jackson, Head of Data The Pensions Regulator. So what are your ‘information basics’? From the last article we talked about the idea of getting your basics right but left you on a bit of a cliff hanger so thought we could revisit the...

Chief Data Officer – The first 100 days, part 1

Authors: Caroline Carruthers, Chief Data Officer Network Rail, and Peter Jackson, Head of Data The Pensions Regulator. The first 100 days Part 1 Gartner predicted that by 2019, 90% of large organisations will have hired a CDO – but only 50% of these will be a success. Much of what determines...

The Secret Ingredients of the successful Chief Data Officer

Authors: Caroline Carruthers, Chief Data Officer Network Rail, and Peter Jackson, Head of Data The Pensions Regulator. Compared to most of the C-Suite colleagues the CDO is faced with a set of unique problems. There are similarities, the CDO is a subject specialist, and in that respect is similar to the Chief Finance Officer, Chief Investment Officer or...

So why does any organisation need a Chief Data Officer?

Authors: Caroline Carruthers, Chief Data Officer Network Rail, and Peter Jackson, Head of Data The Pensions Regulator So why does any organisation need a Chief Data Officer? If it’s at the right level it is a big investment and they aren’t going to just come on their own, a team of some...

How to transform data into useful management information

The saying ‘If you can’t measure it, you can’t manage it’ has long been linked to business and management. Big data now means that managers have access to a wealth of information that measures many different aspects of their business operations, customers and employees. While the information is now more...