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Featured · May 2026 · Data Strategy

From Data Warehouse Wars to the GenAI Gold Rush: The DNA of Digital Success

From the nineties' data warehouse wars to today's generative AI gold rush, organizations routinely fail when chasing technology hype. The select few that succeed do so by treating data as a product.

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Data Strategy

From Data Warehouse Wars to the GenAI Gold Rush: The DNA of Digital Success

From the nineties' data warehouse wars to today's generative AI gold rush, organizations routinely fail when chasing technology hype. The select few that succeed do so by treating data as a product.

May 2026
AI & Ethics

Why AI literacy matters before AI deployment

Most organisations are deploying AI faster than they're understanding it. The risk isn't just technical - it's strategic. Here's how to build the literacy your leadership team actually needs.

Apr 2026
Product Management

Data products need product managers. But not just any kind.

Software PMs and data PMs share a toolkit, but the challenges differ in important ways. We unpack what makes data product management a discipline worth investing in specifically.

Mar 2026
Strategy OKRs

From vision to backlog: making strategy actually land

The gap between a well-crafted business strategy and the work people actually do is where transformation programmes die. Here's how bi-directional strategy alignment can close it.

Feb 2025
Data Ethics

GDPR was the warning. AI regulation is the reckoning.

Organisations that treated GDPR as a box-ticking exercise are now scrambling on AI governance. Those who embedded ethical thinking early are in a far stronger position. Here's the lesson.

Jan 2025
Open Data Public Sector

Open data is an opportunity, not just a legal obligation

Government entities that treat open data as a compliance exercise miss the potential. We look at how forward-thinking organisations are realising economic and social value from what they publish.

Dec 2024
Data Literacy

Your data team's biggest problem isn't technical

The communication gap between data experts and business colleagues costs organisations more than bad data does. Here's how to close it from both sides.

Nov 2024
SME & Start-ups

Small organisation, big data ambitions: where to start

You don't need a data lake or a team of 20 to make data work for you. For SMEs and start-ups, the first steps are often simpler- and more impactful than you think.

Oct 2024