Hbr's 10 Must Reads on Data Strategy (Featuring Democratizing Transformation by Marco Iansiti and Satya Nadella)
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Data is your business. Have you unlocked its full potential?
If you read nothing else on data strategy, read this book. We've combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles and selected the most important ones to help you maximize your analytics capabilities; harness the power of data, algorithms, and AI; and gain competitive advantage in our hyperconnected world.
This book will inspire you to:
- Reap the rewards of digital transformation
- Make better data-driven decisions
- Design breakout products that generate profitable insights
- Address vulnerabilities to cyberattacks and data breaches
- Reskill your workforce and build a culture of continuous learning
- Win with personalized customer experiences at scale
This collection of articles includes "What's Your Data Strategy?," by Leandro DalleMule and Thomas H. Davenport; "Democratizing Transformation," by Marco Iansiti and Satya Nadella; "Why Companies Should Consolidate Tech Roles in the C-Suite," by Thomas H. Davenport, John Spens, and Saurabh Gupta; "Developing a Digital Mindset," by Tsedal Neeley and Paul Leonardi; "What Does It Actually Take to Build a Data-Driven Culture?," by Mai B. AlOwaish and Thomas C. Redman; "When Data Creates Competitive Advantage," by Andrei Hagiu and Julian Wright; "Building an Insights Engine," by Frank van den Driest, Stan Sthanunathan, and Keith Weed; "Personalization Done Right," by Mark Abraham and David C. Edelman; "Ensure High-Quality Data Powers Your AI," by Thomas C. Redman; "The Ethics of Managing People's Data," by Michael Segalla and Dominique Rouzies; "Where Data-Driven Decision-Making Can Go Wrong," by Michael Luca and Amy C. Edmondson; "Sizing Up Your Cyberrisks," by Thomas J. Parenty and Jack J. Domet; "A Better Way to Put Your Data to Work," Veeral Desai, Tim Fountaine, and Kayvaun Rowshankish; and "Heavy Machinery Meets AI," by Vijay Govindarajan and Venkat Venkatraman.
HBR's 10 Must Reads are definitive collections of classic ideas, practical advice, and essential thinking from the pages of Harvard Business Review. Exploring topics like disruptive innovation, emotional intelligence, and new technology in our ever-evolving world, these books empower any leader to make bold decisions and inspire others.
Satya Nadella
Satya Nadella is Chairman and CEO of Microsoft. Before being named CEO in February 2014, Nadella held leadership roles in both enterprise and consumer businesses across the company. Joining Microsoft in 1992, he quickly became known as a leader who could span a breadth of technologies and businesses to transform some of Microsoft’s biggest product offerings. Most recently, Nadella was executive vice president of Microsoft’s Cloud and Enterprise group. In this role he led the transformation to the cloud infrastructure and services business, which outperformed the market and took share from competition. Previously, Nadella led R&D for the Online Services Division and was vice president of the Microsoft Business Division. Before joining Microsoft, Nadella was a member of the technology staff at Sun Microsystems. Originally from Hyderabad, India, Nadella lives in Bellevue, Washington. He earned a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Mangalore University, a master’s degree in computer science from the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee and a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Chicago. Nadella serves on the board of his alma mater the University of Chicago, as well as the Starbucks board of directors. He is married and has three children.
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Tsedal Neeley
Tsedal Neeley is the Naylor Fitzhugh Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School, an award-winning scholar, teacher and expert on virtual and global work, digital tools, leading global and digital transformation. She heads the Leadership and Organizational Behavior required MBA course, co-chairs the Leading Global Businesses executive offering, and is the author of the award-winning book, The Language of Global Success. Her work has been published in top journals and has been featured on BBC, CNN, Forbes, Financial Times, MarketWatch, New York Times, Nikkei, NPR, the Wall Street Journal, The Economist, and many other outlets. She received her Ph.D. from Stanford University, specializing in Work, Technology and Organizations. She was named one of the inaugural Forbes Future of Work 50.
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