Data culture

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Data culture

Move your metrics up and to the right

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What is a data culture?

A data culture is the collective behaviours and beliefs of people who value, practice and encourage the use of data to improve decision-making. As a result, data is woven into the operations, mindset and identity of an organisation. A data culture equips everyone in your organisation with the insights they need to be truly data-driven, tackling your most complex business challenges.

 

Practice data-driven behaviours

Align data and analytics to business outcomes.

Value strategic data use

Prioritise data in decision-making and business processes.

Encourage sharing & community

Unite over a shared mission to lead with data.

Invest in data culture and technology to become a data-driven organisation

Organisations are investing trillions to become more data-driven, but only 8% successfully scale analytics1 to get value from their data. Becoming a data-driven organisation requires investments in both data culture and technology to shift how people make decisions.

Empowered with data culture and the right technology, people can ask questions, challenge ideas, and use data – not just intuition – to make decisions. And everyone unites over a shared mission to improve their organisation and themselves with the power of data.

Data Culture plus Technology equals a Data-driven organization

 

1: MCKINSEY ANALYTICS SURVEY, BREAKING AWAY: THE SECRETS TO SCALING ANALYTICS. MAY 2018. PETER BISSON, BRYCE HALL, BRIAN MCCARTHY, KHALED RIFAI.

How data culture fuels business value

Research from IDC2 shows that organisations realize the full value of their data when they have a data culture. Read the IDC white paper to learn how culture contributes to the success of data-leading organisations – those with strong data cultures. Explore the behaviours of data-leading executives and IDC recommendations to build a strong data culture. Of the data-leading organisations surveyed:

83%

of CEOs want a data-driven organisation

87%

of CXOs prioritize becoming an intelligent enterprise

74%

require data in decision-making

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2: IDC WHITEPAPER, SPONSORED BY TABLEAU, HOW DATA CULTURE FUELS BUSINESS VALUE IN DATA-DRIVEN ORGANISATIONS, DOC. #US47605621, MAY 2021.

 

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"Tableau was the catalyst to help employees have that ‘aha data moment’. That flicker of data cognition turning into deeper understanding was what Nissan needed for success in a digital world."

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Hear from customers who lead with a data culture

Z Holdings, parent company of Yahoo Japan, built a Data Culture with leadership commitment and a clear data strategy

Verizon optimises call centre analytics to reduce support calls by 43% and lower operational costs

Nissan built an enterprise data culture, driving innovation and yielding multi-million dollar savings

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Get the playbook to becoming a data-driven organisation

The Data Culture Playbook is for leaders who want to build a resilient, data-driven organisation. Learn how to build the foundational behaviours and mindsets of a data culture, starting with four key focus areas:

  • Align leadership metrics to business priorities
  • Build data sources to address critical decision points
  • Grow value with specific use cases
  • Promote widespread data discovery

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Learn about the impact of data literacy

Data literacy—the ability to explore, understand, and communicate with data—builds a strong Data Culture and helps people and businesses thrive. By prioritizing and investing in data literacy, organizations reduce the analytics skills gap, experience greater collaboration, competitive advantages, and more. Discover how to start, find expert guidance, and access key resources.

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