The Hare and the Tortoise? Over the past three decades, the data landscape has changed beyond recognition. Data professionals have moved from solving basic challenges on structured data to operating in an ecosystem of advanced platforms, diverse data types, cloud infrastructures, and powerful analytics tools. Innovation continues at pace teasing business with new possibilities. Yet while innovation generates excitement and disruption, business fundamentals, whilst not wit

In business, every decision carries weight. Without data, these decisions are reduced to educated guesses at best and blind risks at...