Succeed with Data Career Transitions and Leadership

At the May meetup, leaders and data experts from DataIQ clients came together to discuss career progression stories and delve into how the career pathway for data professionals is changing.
Implementing a Scalable and Governed Self-Service Model

Data leaders from sectors including utilities, media, financial services, and manufacturing shared practical insights on how to design scalable self-service models that enable local action without losing governance, trust, or value.
Translating Reform into Reality: How DataIQ Supports the New Data (Use and Access) Bill

The Data (Use and Access) Bill 2025 is a significant recalibration of the UK’s data protection landscape and data leaders need to be aware of what changes are coming.
Making Data Work for the Energy Sector

Data governance in the energy sector remains a stubborn problem despite heavy investment. While data governance is seen as a prerequisite for AI initiatives, using AI to enhance data governance is still largely aspirational.
Day 2 Highlights: Summit North America 2025 – Part Two

Day 2 of the DataIQ Summit North America showcased keynote speeches from some of the leading names in data and AI.
Day 2 Highlights: Summit North America 2025

Day 2 of the US DataIQ Summit continued the opening day energy and discussions, shifting from foundational strategy and experimentation surrounding AI to the structural, cultural, and commercial transformations needed to embed data and AI into the enterprise.
The Inflection Point: Data and AI Moving to the Mainstream

Data and AI have reached a turning point, evolving from emerging capabilities to mainstream catalysts of enterprise transformation. In North America, this shift is being led by the most influential data and AI leaders, embedding intelligence at the core of their organizations to deliver results at scale. Get your copy to explore how the most […]
The 2025 DataIQ Awards North America winners announced

Destination Canada, Colgate-Palmolive, and National Grid were among those celebrated at the Awards for their data and AI developments to improve functions, processes, and benefits to users.
Same CDAO title, different game: the realities of data and AI leadership

At Guild, senior data and AI leaders will be exploring the evolving role of the CDAO. Following last year’s event, leaders from Databricks, Elsevier, and DataIQ unpacked three leadership archetypes and discussed what it takes to move beyond delivery into enterprise influence.
Day 1 Highlights: DataIQ Summit North America 2025

The opening day of the 2025 DataIQ Summit North America brought together an energized community of the region’s leading data and AI practitioners, strategists, builders, and changemakers united by a shared mission: to move data and AI into the mainstream of business value creation.
The leading names in North American data and AI are revealed in the 2025 DataIQ 100 North America list

The industry’s premier data and AI leaders gathered in Nashville for the unveiling of the 2025 DataIQ 100 North America.
Avoiding the rocket trap: AI strategy needs a guiding mind

At Guild 2025, senior data and AI leaders will be tackling the challenges of successfully scaling AI. Based on insights from Databricks, Elsevier, and DataIQ, this post explores why CDAOs need to act as guiding minds—avoiding fragmentation by aligning innovation with enterprise-wide value.
Walking in sunshine: Resilient leadership in the age of AI

At DataIQ’s Guild think tank, senior data and AI leaders unpack the emotional arc of leadership—from early optimism to disillusionment, and back to clarity. Featuring insights from Databricks, Elsevier, and DataIQ, they discuss why emotional resilience is a core capability for AI-first leadership.
Guild Think Tank 2025: Data and AI leadership in an AI-first world

At the Guild think tank, a small group of big thinkers are shaping the future of data and AI leadership — through conversations that can only happen here.
Mastering data foundations for AI: Practical strategies for chief data and AI officers

As AI evolves faster than businesses can handle, it is up to data leaders to understand how solid foundations will ensure long-term success and flexibility.
What CDOs wish they knew before taking the job

Lessons from Data and AI Leaders on the CDO role who have been there before, and things the new CDOs wish they knew about the challenges ahead.
AI governance as a strategic advantage: Regulation, trust and competitive edge

Demands for AI governance are growing, provoking concern among data and AI leaders that it will stifle their ability to create value. However, others see it as compelling opportunity for trust-building and innovation.
Best practices for implementing agentic AI

Agentic AI is a leap forward in organisational AI adoption. Here we discuss the best practices to harness its full potential.
Summit North America Programme

Data and AI are no longer emerging technologies—they are critical driving forces behind the success of every business. But turning potential into impact isn’t straightforward. Success relies on overcoming challenges like limited buy-in, unpredictable funding, compliance barriers, and scaling issues, while simultaneously fostering collaboration and driving engagement. We’re thrilled to provide you with this downloadable […]
Why analysts stay stuck in execution mode

Analytics teams remain stuck in delivery mode rather than shaping strategic conversations, but this can be remedied with trust and culture according to David Castro-Gavino, Global Vice President of Data, HelloFresh SE.