Ninety-five per cent of business leaders believe their companies would be more competitive, more innovative, and make faster decisions if their data was more accurate. The same group of executives from organisations spanning the globe says only 60 percent of their data is actually usable. While these figures from a recent HFS Research report are remarkable, for me, as someone who helps organisations through digital transformation, they are not surprising. That is because it is often data quality that lets down a transformation project. And when I talk to IT and digital teams ahead of a migration, it’s often clear that for their projects to be truly successful they need a wholesale cultural change. This is not only about updating the technology infrastructure, it is about the way data is produced, handled, and used by the entire organisation. As head of solutioning, one of my responsibilities is to spot potential issues, problems that could slow down an implementation or affect the final outcome of the project. As a result, I’ve also noticed what successful digital transformation projects have in common. I want to share five recurring themes, and guess what? They all relate to data quality. Understand your data […]