The CDO Paradox

What's our strategy around Big Data?

I have no doubt that a chief executive right now is asking that very question. It seems like an obvious and important one today. In this post, though, I'm going to argue that that's precisely the wrong query these days. Gandhi once said, "Action expresses priorities." It's one of my favorite quotes because of its brevity and applicability to so many things. Think about those three words in the context of Big Data.

Learning from the Big Four

Few companies do more with vast amounts of unstructured information than Amazon, Facebook, Google, and Netflix. I can't say that I have worked at any of those companies, but I've done a great deal of research on each for my books over the years. According to LinkedIn, each company does not employ a proper chief data officer.