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Data Driven Business

Prepare for success in the current shift towards data driven, platform and digital business models.  Understand the Fourth Industrial Revolution in which data, analytics and smart propositions leveraging AI have become the norm.

We have developed a unique and structured approach to becoming data driven using a combination of online learning paths and consultant support.  This approach can be followed as a team, as a business or individually:

1. Fasttrack success with Data and AI – Plan and Assessment (new)
   Assess how ready your organisation is for success in a data driven world and develop an action plan in a fasttrack approach.  This results in an understanding of the changes required in your organisation, business model and technical capabilities and high level plan of action.  This approach is best followed as a team with collective assessment of gaps and establishment of an action plan.
   This clarifies your gaps, actions and benefits of becoming Data Driven.
2. Data Driven Business Foundation
   This step raises awareness of the data driven and platform business models, how to leverage data for business benefit and gives an overview of associated data management prerequisites. Plot your strategy for digital transformation!
   This clarifies why it is essential to use data as a key resource in business.
3. FAIR Data Management including Linked Data Stewardship
   This step sets out how to acquire, manage and provision data for business benefit.  This is a best practice guide to manage data and provide data stewardship using a range of techniques (as used by leaders such as Google and Facebook) including FAIR data principles, FAIR Data Stewardship and the Linked Data approach.
   This clarifies how to manage data as a key resource in business.
4. AI Essentials (EXIN BCS Accredited)
   Learn how to create value with data using AI.  Discover how leaders such as Google and Tesla embed AI capabilities as a core competence across their organisation including Human – Machine collaboration.  This learning path can be optionally upgraded with the AI Foundation or Organising to win with AI learning paths – see below)
   This clarifies what is needed to enable your organisation to use AI in a data driven or platform business model and transform performance to the levels seen by Unicorns and Big Tech leaders.
5. Data Driven Growth (new)
   How to grow your business in a data driven world?  This learning path with consulting support helps you to confirm product/market fit, launch the right services and grow your new data driven propositions.  We combine techniques from Lean Startup and Growth Hacking to help both startups and corporates achieve success.

Protecting Value with Risk Management

An entrepreneur creates and protects value.  Our business driven approach to risk management addresses the cultural, behavioural and procedural aspects of managing risk in your business. Discover how to manage risk both today and in the fast changing, digital future.

We offer Foundation, Advanced and Fit for the Future programmes for risk professionals and a tailored programme for business professionals who wish to learn how to manage risks.

1. Risk Management Essentials (in Business)
   A tailored programme for business professionals who must manage risks in their business domain.  Focuses on Foundation activities to enable business managers to integrate essential risk management activities in business operations and change.
2. Risk Management Foundation
   Essential competencies for junior to medium level risk managers.  This programme focuses on the why and what of risk management, psychology of risk taking, and all steps in the risk cycle including risk assessments, control design, monitoring and reporting.
3. Risk Management – Fit for the Future
   Essential preparation for all risk professionals to prepare for the new digital world.  Learn how risk management must evolve to be relevant in the new world, how to perform risk assessments of digital technology such as Blockchain and AI, and how to work in agile organisations.
4. Risk Management Leadership and Advanced Skills
   Essential Competencies for senior risk managers and risk leaders.  This programme focuses on setting the right context for risk management including Integrated Risk and Control Frameworks, Strategic Risk Assessment, Risk Appetite and Scenario Planning and how to engage with executive business leaders around Risk and Compliance.  We also address how risk capability can be positioned to win business in different market areas.

We also run a Collaborative Learning programme with Risk Organisations who wish to share learning based upon the above programmes.  This enables sharing of experience and enhanced learning.  Senior risk managers are able to contribute their expertise and reuse materials for tailored in-company programmes – contact us to discuss further.

Become “Fit for the Future”!

Prepare yourself and your organisation for success in a digital future.  The nature of competition is rapidly changing driven by the emergence of new technologies and the dominance of companies who are organised to take advantage of them – rapidly growing startups or unicorns, and established technology leaders who are dominating the economy with a new platform oriented and data driven business model.

Where does this leave the traditional businesses? How to adapt in order to survive and how does the current Covid-19 situation factor into this? How can employees develop the essential skills to remain relevant and employable in the near future?

We have supported multiple corporate organisations with our “Fit for the Future” programme, helping drive transformation of the business and helping employees understand the new rules of business and step into a development track to thrive in the new world.  This helps employers develop their employees for success in a digital world.

Our programme can be followed by individuals or applied across an organisation as part of an overall transformation and reskilling initiative. The key modules are:

• I.amDigital
  We partner with I.amDigital to provide basic awareness of a range of technologies and trends through a learning portal with highly accessible materials.  This materials is currently only available in Dutch.
• Top 10 Technologies
  Our Top 10 technologies masterclass is a popular introduction to the key technologies which are reshaping our economy.  In addition to Blockchain and AI we look at the most significant established and emerging technologies including augmented reality, internet of things, edge, mobile, quantum, robotics and wearables.  This is continually updated with new insights and includes demonstrations and applications of the technologies.
• Fit for the Future
  Prepare for a new future.  Start the path of acquiring the skills that are essential to remind relevant in a new era of competition.  We take you on a voyage through a world of data, AI, blockchain and new business models with demonstrations and participant exercises such as engaging with a robot and analysing your own images with advanced facial and scene recognition technology.  We also address organising for innovation looking at startups and scalps, successful unicorns, holocratic and agile organisations and the challenge for traditional corporates to innovate and grow in a fast moving world.
• Your Digital Footprint
  Very basic but to start building a data strategy you should firstly view the data that different platforms have stored over you.  This module guides you through the process of viewing your digital footprint.

Engaging in our community

We run some programmes which are free to join.  This includes the “Ask me anything” webinar enabling you to ask any questions related to a journey that you are following or enquire about the journeys.  We also have provided a programme to help get you started with virtual team working and related technologies.

1. Ask me anything webinar
   Join our ongoing series of webinars which enable you to ask questions live with the experts behind these journeys.
2. Virtual Teamwork Kickstarter
   Learn about the various tools which help you to work as a virtual team and collaborate on projects.

You need to register in order to join these free programmes.