Getting ready for the 2023 Gartner Data & Analytics Summit | Harvard Business Review on Data & AI | Data Leaders You Can’t Afford to not know or follow… I just landed in Florida where the Gartner Data & Analytics Conference is kicking off tonight! Over 4,000 data analytics leaders…

What metrics should you choose to use as indicators? Thank you to all the great customers and colleagues who have made the last few days in Switzerland so special! I’m headed to Paris, London..then …

Lessons in Growth | “Breaking Bad” [Data Edition] | Where To Meet Next (Paris, London and Gartner DA). More than a customer. More than a friend. A Data Hero! When I told Sanjay Chaudhary that I was meeting with data customers, he went out of his way to make time and drive up to meet us in person! He shared…

The ONE Question CEOs Should Ask More Often | You’re Joking, Right?! | And….the Ideal Ratio of Product Managers to Engineers is…. 1 — The ONE Question CEOs Should Ask More Often… An oldie but a goodie by Dave Kellogg. More details in the link below but the #TLDR is this: CEOs, Founders, VCs and Board Members might agree…

The Return of Silicon Valley in ‘24, Predictions and How To Break Bad Data 1–Predictions, Predictions You all must be sick to ear about predictions at this point. Trust me though, this post by Dave Kellogg is worth taking a look at. Dave has been doing this for 9 years and…

2023 changed the game. Are you adapting?! Some best practices for growth…and finally: Simplify, Simplify, Simplify! It’s no mystery that in 2023, focus has shifted from ‘growth at all cost’ to ‘profitability and optimization’. So this week, we look at how you should think about orchestrating your growth in 2023….and…

Jobs To Be Done methodology: What it is, Why it works…and How to use it to scale and grow. Peter Drucker once said: “the purpose of a business is to CREATE a customer”. As we saw it in “Part 1” of this blog series, you need the right tools and…

What Do Boards of Directors Care About (via Gartner) | Do YOU Know Who Your Customer is…REALLY?! | CDO Investment Priorities in 2023 (via VentureBeat). Introducing….The CarCast on VentureBeat! The CarCast is launching on VentureBeat. We will continue to cover the top data, ai and analytics posts of the week of course and we…

Knowing Your “Economic Buyer” is Not Enough. Welcome the Bullseye! Anyone who’s been involved in running a business, at a startup or a GM a business unit at a larger company, will tell you that it is tricky. Beyond the complexities involved in building the right product, creating the right environment for teams…