Click to learn more about author Helena Schwenk. In this blog post, I will share my thoughts on the tools and strategies we can all use to get the most out of data in the year ahead. Below are five areas you should focus on in 2021 to build skills, gain greater understanding, and empower the people you work with. Data Democratization Last year we witnessed countless collaborations in the scientific community aimed at tackling the COVID-19 crisis, built on data and knowledge alongside experience and expertise. Let this inspire you…

Click to learn more about author Terence Siganakis. Organizations are constantly coming to us wanting help in becoming more “data-driven.” They want to improve their decision making, shifting the process to be more quantitative and less based on gut and experience. This is a worthy goal but is a little more complex than just putting dashboards in front of managers. Being data-driven involves more than just shiny new tools. It requires investing…

Click to learn more about author Shay Lang. With the major changes in the global economy this year, the need to monitor and reassess corporate expenses has never been more important. Both small startups and large enterprises have had to improve on the sales side, reduce their overhead, and review their variable costs in what the famous investor Elad Gil has coined as the “Startup Offense and Defense in the…

Click to learn more about author Jay Chapel. Shadow IT: you’ve probably heard of it. Also known as Stealth IT, this refers to information technology (IT) systems built and used within organizations without explicit organizational approval or deployed by departments other than the IT department.  A recent survey of IT decision makers ranked Shadow IT as the lowest priority concern for 2019 out of seven possible options. Are these folks right not to…