This month’s live Youtube and LinkedIn chat is with blockchain expert Veronica Martinez   Topic: How Can Blockchain Deliver Business Results?   Veronica and I discussed her paper “Blockchain: Developing a pilot that delivered business results”. We deep-dived into this brilliant paper, linked it with other topics and spoke about all things blockchain.  We also answered questions like:  1. What is blockchain  2. What are the barriers to adoption  3. Link it to different business functions  4. Share examples of successful cases  5. Link it to the metaverse Don't forget to join me the first Wednesday of every month for a coffee chat!

Are you assessing the outcomes of your data and analytics projects?  Why is it that some projects are more successful than others?    In this live session, I share thoughts on problem structuring from my peer-reviewed article in the "Strategic Finance" publication. I will also be taking answering your live questions on the topic, feel free to share them before or during the session!   The live session video is on LinkedIn, YouTube and Twitter as always. You tube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_78jY5pzLWA Link to article: https://sfmagazine.com/post-entry/october-2020-considerations-in-data-analytics-problem-structuring/ Link to my publications: https://analyticsdrivenstrategy.com/publications/ Google Scholar link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=vx63upwAAAAJ&hl=en&authuser=1

How can organisations embrace data and analytics to be successful?  In this episode we deep dive into this brilliant paper Raef wrote, link it to practice and speak about the importance of Data and Analytics in the success of organisations.    White Paper: How to Embrace Data Analytics to Be Successful  Coffee Chat:   Raef Lawson, Accomplished executive and thought leader, formerly leading the global research efforts at IMA and currently the Executive Director of Profitability Analytics Center of Excellence. He is an award-winning author, global speaker and media contributor.  Fatema El-Wakeel, Data Strategy and Analytics Evangelist, Industry Practitioner/University of Cambridge researcher focusing on creating the right strategies and ecosystems for successful Data Strategy and Analytics transformation. All views are my own.   PACE Framework: https://www.profitability-analytics.o... PACE Framework: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/raef-l... Organisational Design: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWdXI...

Ethical decisions are important for everyone at all levels of the organisation; it’s essential that we make the right moral decisions that will put the business in the right place ethically and benefit humanity. Putting an ethics lens on Data and Analytics helps professionals find the right answers to the questions raised by digging into the data. Analytics can also be used to identify ethical issues and uncover fraud very early.    In this session, I share examples based on my peer-reviewed article in "Strategic Finance" publication.  https://sfmagazine.com/post-entry/dec...

Scaling Data Strategy and Analytics is a massive change management exercise within the organisation. In this podcast, I will focus on 3 important aspects that must be taken into account when embarking on this process.  The chat will cover stakeholder management, identifying opportunities and partnerships and is based on my peer-reviewed article in "Strategic Finance" publication. https://sfmagazine.com/post-entry/january-2022-change-management-in-disguise/ Let's speak Data Strategy and Analytics!

What to expect in season II of my LinkedIn, Youtube and Twitter monthly live sessions, where to find me on social media and topics that I will be discussing.   Let's Speak Data Strategy and Analytics!

Want to know more about the Iron Triangle in Agile Methodology?   November's Analytics-Driven Strategy LinkedIn Live is going back to basics. As basic as the ABC of Agile methodology and how it differs from the waterfall method. It is the Iron Triangle discussion time!   #agilemethodology #analyticsdrivenstrategy #analytics

Agile Methodology is a powerful way of running Analytics projects. Loreal Jiles recently wrote a great Statement on Management Accounting about Agile Methodology and I had the honour of reviewing it as a practitioner in the area.    In this episode, we did a deep dive into this brilliant paper she wrote. We also spoke about the importance of agility in business transformation, Agile methodology and the Scrum framework as well as how to ensure value delivery. All thoughts are my own* LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/fatemaelwakeelmbacma/ or YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTyjNf_6ReKB7VjbUb4DdYw

In this session, I shared how to build your Data and Analytics Team and the non-technical skills needed.  Building a strong Data and Analytics team is very challenging, it needs a lot of effort and understanding of the complementing skills required within the team as well as the Analytics maturity level you are operating at.  In this session, I didn't cover the technical skills. I covered the soft skills that are essential to have in your team.  My chat was based on my MBA dissertation, my research, as well as my personal thoughts as a practitioner in the field*   All thoughts are my own* LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/fatemaelwakeelmbacma/ or YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTyjNf_6ReKB7VjbUb4DdYw

This LinkedIn live coffee chat was with the Dean of Big Data Bill Schmarzo, we applied the great sentence in his book "If you want to change the game change the frame" to AI In this episode, Bill Schmarzo and I discussed AI, Leadership in Analytics, Orphaned Analytics and more. AI is an environment that is continuously learning and adapting, how we think about building Analytics in the AI world is different from the current world. Listen to this episode to know how can be prepared for that. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/fatemaelwakeelmbacma/ or YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTyjNf_6ReKB7VjbUb4DdYw