By drawing on a survey of 100+ companies and qualitative interviews with 10 senior leaders and executives of Data teams, this report covers: how data professionals are experiencing the shift, where organizations are successfully making progress, and where the gap remains in a rapidly developing AI space.
AI is an unprecedented opportunity for data leaders
Data leaders who have evolved into building and implementing AI strategy have been able to increase their influence at their organization.
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Companies are investing in tools ahead of the foundations
Companies are moving fast on buying and deploying AI tools, but many are not investing in the foundations: a robust data foundation layer, a governance program and evaluations framework.
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Technical skills are being commoditized
Role boundaries are blurring and soft skills are moving to the center of data work. Technical skill alone is no longer enough.
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Leaders must make space for their teams to learn
Expecting employees to upskill on their own time will fail. Leaders are protecting time for learning, creating accountability, and sharing knowledge across the team.
Also inside
Conversations with Data leaders — ten named profiles on how the best are adapting
Additional survey results — adoption, ROI, governance and tooling, charted
From the report
The four findings at a glance
Finding #1 — the opportunity for data leaders
Warehouses are common; semantic layers are not
Conversations with Data leaders
… and 40 more pages of findings, conversations and charts.
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