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Do you trust the data & reports from the big analysts?

Strategy & Architecture

Yes

Sometimes

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Do you believe cryptocurrency should be regulated?

Cryptocurrency & Bitcoin

Yes

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What's the most important friction in deploying Robotic Process Automation (RPA) in your company?

People & Leadership Applications & Platforms Engineering+14 more

Cost of RPA products

Lack of developers who can code RPA applications

Amount of customization needed to automate business processes

Lack of RPA code maintenance resources

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What do you prioritize the most in a job?

People & Leadership Process Management Talent Management & Performance+2 more

Benefits (healthcare, paid time off, etc.)

Hours flexibility

Location flexibility

Salary/income

Work-life balance

Workplace culture

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What is your ratio of Product Managers :: Software Engineers? For every 1 product manager, we have:

Talent Sourcing & Hiring Team & Organizational Design

<1 engineer

1 engineer

2 engineers

3+ engineers

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I have complete knowledge of what data my company collects, who has access to it, and the reasons we collect and store it.

Regulatory Compliance Data Governance Governance, Risk & Compliance

Strongly agree

Agree

Neutral

Disagree

Strongly disagree

Other (please specify)

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Is data and analytics seen as a cost center or a revenue generator at your org?

Data & Analytics Financial Management

Cost center

Revenue generator

Not sure

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What will be the next technology trend in 2024?

Cloud Applications & Platforms Engineering+4 more

Generative AI

Composable Enterprise

Platform Engineering

Citizen Development

Chaos Engineering

Data Fabric

Cloud Native Applications

Superapps

Others, please specify in the comments

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Where are you focusing on new GenAI capabilities for data and analytics? Who will they serve?

Data & Analytics Generative AI Team & Organizational Design+1 more

Analytics developers

Business analysts

Business consumers

Data analysts

Data engineers

Data scientists

Data stewards

Database administrators (DBAs)

Integration architects

ML and AI engineers

Elsewhere

Nowhere, we aren't adding new GenAI capabilities

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Do you believe that (RPA, Automation, and intelligent Automation), coupled with clear guidelines, robust process mapping, and effective monitoring and control capabilities, can serve as a key enabler for successfully integrating AI and GenAI into an organization's operations and strategies?

AI & Machine Learning Generative AI Strategy & Architecture+4 more

Strongly Agree

Agree

Disagree

Strongly Disagree

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There is a lot of talk about using storytelling to better communicate the value of data and analytics — how much do you personally know about the art of storytelling and how to improve these skills?

George FiricanFounder & Data Governance Expert in Media2 months ago

To be honest, I'm not an expert in storytelling and I'm somewhat skeptical of some of the advice around it. I think spending time building relationships and understanding what's on the agenda of the stakeholders for any presentation ...read more

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How do you overcome technical jargon or complexity barriers in data communication? Can you share examples of how you have simplified complex data insights to make them more understandable and relatable to stakeholders?

George FiricanFounder & Data Governance Expert in Media2 months ago

There are two main ways I approach this. The first is through our ongoing process. The reports we generate or any visualizations we do are simplified forms of complex data. These are presented to different stakeholders and ...read more

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What is your top data trend prediction for 2024?

Data & Analytics Innovation Peer Insights

George FiricanFounder & Data Governance Expert in Media8 months ago

I characterize 2023 as a year of AI hype. We saw inflated expectations of what AI can do, both good and harm. Towards the later part of the year, moderation started to kick when there was a realisation of both the ethical ...read more

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What is a good metaphor to explain your data management ecosystem?

Data Management Process Management Strategy & Architecture

George FiricanFounder & Data Governance Expert in Media8 months ago

A bustling city - it works, but it has its problems. Its citizens/ stakeholders are using its infrastructure and services (though not always happy about them).

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How have your organizations handled the control and ownership of Derived or compound datasets created for analytic purposes? When Derived or compound datasets are constructed from data owned by several information owners, who or which group provided approval for access to the object? Who or which group managed changes in terms of requirements for the derived or compound object?

Data Governance Data Integrations Data Management+7 more

George FiricanFounder & Data Governance Expert in Media9 months ago

This is a really great question, and in my experience, most companies would not be able to answer it. In theory any new derived or inferred data that had not existed previously should be reviewed and approved by some governance ...read more

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We are establishing our MDM (Reltio) initiative and wondering if its a good idea to bring in marketing unqualified leads into MDM. We are contemplating whether we should bring these leads (huge volume) in MDM or build a separate solution for enriching such leads. Our leads live in Marketo and we are using Reltio as the MDM tool. Any guidance and experience around both approaches of bringing Marketing leads in MDM vs a separate solution?

Process Management Data Management Data Governance

George FiricanFounder & Data Governance Expert in Mediaa year ago

The risk I see is undermining your mdm system. If people see that its full of "junk", will they continue to use it? I've only come across Reltio a few times but I'm pretty sure it has some syncing caps that ...read more

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