This month, I am wrapping up my three-part series on evolving data-related roles by focusing on one of the fastest changing and popular roles under discussion in the industry today – the data scientist.
Category Archive: Data science
Data science = Data analysis "plus"
Examining the continually evolving data-related roles
In my quest to continuously learn more about data-related roles, I have recently come across two very interesting articles that suggest that data-related roles will be changing throughout the remainder of the year. These pieces share some great insight, and I couldn’t resist the opportunity to share my additional views and so in this, the …
Complexities behind establishing the CDO role
Regular readers of my posts will know that I’m a big advocate of the Chief Data Officer (CDO) role. Also sometimes referred to as the Chief Data and Analytics Officer (CDAO), establishing this role and getting it woven into the organisational fabric doesn’t happen without challenges.
Conference report back: The practical ways data is transforming healthcare
I was fortunate to have been invited to attend the recent ‘Data & Analytics in Healthcare’ conference in Australia which took place at the end of March. The event was positioned as a ‘deep-dive into the data transformation taking place in healthcare across Australia – and aimed to explore efforts to transform the use of …
Unpacking the top data trends for 2023
As the year rushes to an end, it is interesting to see what the analysts are indicating as the top expected trends for next year. With that in mind, I recently took a deeper look into two independent trends focused papers I came across – ‘The Top 5 Data Science And Analytics Trends In 2023’ …
Soft skills key differentiator of good data analytics professionals
The technical skills required to be a data analytics professional form the cornerstone of training approaches. If these individuals are not proficient in things like data wrangling, analytical approaches, modelling techniques, data exploration, or data visualisation, then they will likely not qualify. But that is just one part of what the job requires. I believe …
Can an organisation be data-centric without a CDO?
Regular readers of my blog will no doubt know that due to my immersion in the data-information-insights spectrum, I’ve been very interested in data centricity and the role of the Chief Data Officer (CDO) for some time. On reading a recent industry piece about the role of the CDO, a question that came to my …
Finding balance between data science and data engineering
Previously, I wrote about the two-tiered data lakehouse with an analytical sandbox and a curated data warehouse in the second layer – the one for productised BI and the other for data science work. I was therefore intrigued when coming across a Forbes article titled ‘Three Keys to a Harmonious Relationship between Data Science and …
Telling powerful stories with data visualisation
Long-time readers of this blog know I’m a big advocate for using data visualisations to better narrate the ‘stories’ that are hiding inside organisational data. My interest was therefore sufficiently piqued when I came across this article on the Bulletin Expert Contributor Network. And while it doesn’t make any wild discoveries, I enjoy the way …
Demonstrating value as a Chief Data Officer
The year has started with the proverbial bang. But even though the pace has been furious, there are many constants in which we can find comfort. One of these is how critical data is to every organisation regardless of industry vertical.
