Evolved leadership is a requirement for success
On my multi-decade journey of driving innovation in and through analytics, not just at the technological level, but at the practical, day-to-day level, I have been constantly reminded of the critical need for company leadership teams to understand, support, and sponsor corporate efforts in managing data as a strategic asset and creating analytics to drive transformation. Every organization that undertakes this transformational effort requires engaged and informed leadership that understands and views this as a long-term, strategic, organizational change management process.
"We need to become a focused medicines company that's powered by data science and digital technologies," [7] said Vas Narasimhan, CEO of Novartis AG, in an interview with the Wall Street Journal in February 2018. For every CEO that thinks like Mr. Narasimhan, there are multiple CEOs who have little to no idea what data and analytics can do for their...
