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If budget were no issue, would you personally prefer to train your existing employees on genAI or hire experts who already have the skills?

AI & Machine Learning Generative AI Training & Certification+1 more

Train employees on genAI

Hire outside genAI experts

Not sure — our org hasn’t staffed genAI experts

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When is the best time to update a data strategy?

Big Data IT Strategy & Roadmap

Peter HopwoodDirectora year ago

The market is moving very, very fast. If there's any structural change or significant organizational change you may need to revamp it for that reason. I think two to three years is a reasonable length of time to renew ...read more

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How do you see the data warehouse fitting into modern data and analytics architectures?

Data Warehouse Big Data

Peter HopwoodDirectora year ago

I've been in this data space for 25 years and data warehousing was the main concept when I entered into this space. It's been around a long time. My view is that the term ‘data warehouse’ has become tied to a perception ...read more

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When it comes to organizing your teams, how do you make sure you’re maximizing the capabilities of your data scientists within the enterprise? What is the best way to support innovation that leads to value?

Data Science & Algorithms

Peter HopwoodDirectora year ago

When organizing data skills, there is a continuum from fully centralized to fully distributed, and I think people have very strong views on the right and wrong. My view is very pragmatic and that it needs to be tied to that ...read more

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After you have set up a functional big data ecosystem, how do you ensure that it is maintained as business needs change?

Big Data

Peter HopwoodDirectora year ago

That's going to be difficult, particularly in the government space. When you are setting up that ecosystem, you need to be designing it for change from the beginning; modular designs that can evolve. Road map and anticipate ...read more

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How are perceptions around data ecosystems in government organizations evolving?

Data Management Data Warehouse Big Data

Peter HopwoodDirectora year ago

I work at the moment a lot with state level government departments here in Australia. I think there's a growing realization that there needs to be a kind of common sharing platform across all the government departments. ...read more

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How does your organization prioritize data governance and data management practices in the context of AI implementation? Compared to other data and analytics projects, do you take additional steps to ensure data quality, integrity, and accessibility for AI projects?

AI & Machine Learning Data Governance Data Management+2 more

Peter HopwoodDirectora year ago

Data governance and management are paramount for AI implementation. We prioritize them by:

Quality Assurance: Implement rigorous data quality checks to maintain high-quality datasets.

Data Catalog: Maintain ...read more

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What’s the number one thing you want peers to have top of mind when making decisions around the future of generative AI and similar technologies?

Process Management Disruptive & Emerging Technologies Generative AI+2 more

Peter HopwoodDirectora year ago

How to deal with 'commercial sensitivity' of data, confirming accuracy of results (e.g. hallucinations) and people not deciding to abdicate responsibility and their own thinking.

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We are looking to create a (minor) track of Data Science in a Business Administration undergrad program. Our challenge is to bring a set of around 10 courses that are really ESSENTIAL, fundamental for the students' education, and that survive for a relatively long period. Do we have similar experiences here that can be shared?

Data & Analytics

Peter HopwoodDirectora year ago

My view would be to structure them around the types of problems that data scientists are solving for, either industry by industry or use case by use case. Data science is very industry or ‘use case’ specific. So I think it's ...read more

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What does best practice architecture look like for your Azure Data Lake in your organisation? How have you implemented RBAC/ACL to ensure data is made available only to those required to consume?

Data Lake Data Management Data Governance

Peter HopwoodDirectora year ago

I'm working on something like this right now. What we recommend often is the kind of gold-silver-bronze layer approach of the data lake. Bronze is your raw data, gold is the end consumer and silver is some kind of hybrid ...read more

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What are some ideas to keep up team morale remotely? Are there specific or structured adjustments you've made to counteract burnout/keep up productivity and mental health?

People & Leadership Process Management Team & Organizational Design+9 more

Peter HopwoodDirector4 years ago

organized a virtual escape room via https://www.puzzlebreak.us/ - even though his team lost it was a fun subtitue for just a "virtual happy hour"

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