Data Products: Accelerating Insights and Profitability
Show Contributors: Dr. Tom Davenport, Paul Thies
As our world continues to accelerate all things digital, we are seeing a greater emphasis from organizations on the productization of data. And while data scientists undoubtedly have a role to play, the commercialization of data will require thoughtful consideration on the various skillsets and strategies necessary for success. On this episode of If/When our topic was data products, with an emphasis on an emerging new role – the data product manager. Our guest for this episode is Dr. Tom Davenport, Distinguished Professor of Information Technology and Management at Babson College, Visiting Professor at Oxford Business School, Fellow of the MIT Digital Economy Initiative, and Senior Advisor to Deloitte’s AI practice.
Dr. Tom Davenport
Tom Davenport is a Distinguished Professor of Information Technology and Management at Babson College, Visiting Professor at Oxford Business School, Fellow of the MIT Digital Economy Initiative, and Senior Advisor to Deloitte’s AI practice. He has published 23 books and over 300 articles for Harvard Business Review and many other publications. He has been named one of the world’s Top 25 Consultants, one of the top 3 business/technology analysts, one of the 100 most influential people in the IT industry, and one of the top fifty business school professors in the world. He’s worked with many of the world’s leading companies on data, analytics, and AI strategies, organizational structures, and deployment processes.