Good article by Andy Campbell about getting the balance right between, on the one hand, fast innovation, disruptive technology and on the other hand, iterative and steady improvement of operational systems that glue an organisation together.
Whilst written in the context of HR, equally applicable to BI and Analytics.
That said, diverting too much of our resources towards developing ‘fast’, ‘bleeding edge’ initiatives at the expense of maintaining the ‘slow’ and traditional operational systems upon which our businesses depend is a pretty risky strategy. Instead, we need to do both. To achieve this successfully requires a mix of different skills, different ways of working and a governance model that recognises, supports and adds value to both alternatives.
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