As a data strategy practitioner and academic, the thought of this picture made me freak out 😳 This is not even an option, excel is definitely: Not a database. There is a reason why Microsoft created Azure. Not to be used for interactive cross functional reporting. There is a reason why Microsoft has created Powerbi… Continue reading Excel is not a database
Author: Fatema El-Wakeel, PhD Research, MBA, CMA
You are as strong as the weakest link in your data value chain
Data value chain is all the links from when the business requests the product (Ai project, visualisation, metaverse…) till when it actually goes live. This means businesses analysis, teams collecting requirements, architecture team, data engineering team and more. The more links you have, the longer is your data value chain and the higher the risk… Continue reading You are as strong as the weakest link in your data value chain
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Monday 14th November Motivational Thoughts
It is Monday, sharing my Monday’s motivational quote of the week with you✍🏼 Have a great Monday and a successful week ahaed🤩 motivationalmonday #career #mentoring #datastratedy #datastratedyleader
Invest in your education
Education is a cause that I am passionate about, having access to graduate and postgraduate education is important ✍🏼 Learning and studying is what I do for fun, I enjoy challenging my brain 🧠 If I would share a life learning with younger me and people starting their careers, I would say: Don’t save on… Continue reading Invest in your education
Can an MBA change your career?
Based on my experience, an MBA can be as transformational as you decide to make it. My MBA showed me career options that I didn’t know existed. It helped me break into tech at a startegic level and move into Data and Analytics, it also helped me understand my Finance and reporting transferable skills and… Continue reading Can an MBA change your career?
Happy Friday!
My post today is not about data, analytics or future technologies. It is about you! This is a reminder to relax, reflect and recharge. Get sometime for yourself this weekend and make sure you are ok. To have a great career you need to prioritise your development including recharging. Have a great weekend all 😊… Continue reading Happy Friday!
Do you realise how much the success of your Data, analytics and future technology projects is driven by the team working on it?
Agile thinking! Those who have worked with me know that my team is very important to me, I shared this story in my first team meeting with my awesome team and wanted to share this with my LinkedIn network. It is a Liverpool inspired post 🤩 When asked about his business model, Steve Jobs replied:… Continue reading Do you realise how much the success of your Data, analytics and future technology projects is driven by the team working on it?
Does your organisation have a data startegy? How is it approaching future technologies? Is it using the analytics data of Future technologies?
I had the pleasure of being part of Brunel University London International webinars series today and share my passion for data startegy and future technologies - thanks Monomita Nandy for organising that! I shared my thoughts as a pratitioner and an academic on: Why it is important to have a data strategy Different organisations designs… Continue reading Does your organisation have a data startegy? How is it approaching future technologies? Is it using the analytics data of Future technologies?
How do you convince stakeholders to kick-off an analytics or a future technology project?
Organisations shouldn’t be looking at analytics and future technologies as an IT requirement . It is not implementing new technologies for technologies sake. Your data strategy team should be looking at business value, return on investment and corporate strategy value and bring those to live when speaking with stakeholders . Data, analytics and future technologies… Continue reading How do you convince stakeholders to kick-off an analytics or a future technology project?