The Data-Confident Enterprise: Empowering Colleagues to Enhance Operations

National Grid is building a data-confident enterprise by scaling AI, embedding fluency, and federating ownership across 30,000 employees to power the energy transition.
From Siloed to Event-Driven Care: How Data and AI Are Reshaping NHS Patient Journeys

NHS England is rebuilding the data and digital infrastructure behind patient journeys, creating the conditions for safe, scalable, and clinically meaningful use of AI.
Designing AI for Adoption: From Pilots to Products

Why do so many AI pilots stall? Mastercard’s Mara Pometti believes the issue isn’t merely technical, it’s experiential. AI scales only when there is adoption, and adoption is powered by experience. If interactions with AI feel cranky, irrelevant, or misaligned with users’ expectations, engagement collapses and pilots die — and even the smartest model can’t recover a broken experience.
The CEO’s Lens: Unlocking Business Transformation Through the Chief Data Officer

Data and AI leaders must stop chasing pilots and start shaping enterprise agency. This was the challenge set by Accenture’s Matt Prebble during DataIQ’s World Congress where he positioned the CDO as the CEO’s multiplier for execution and trust.
The winners of the 2025 DataIQ Awards showcase the best of the data and AI industry

The 2025 DataIQ Awards have shone a spotlight on those making the difference in the data and AI industry, the pinnacle of leadership, and the emerging talent.
DataIQ World Congress Day 2 Highlights: Action Trumps Ambition

The CEO’s Lens: Unlocking Business Transformation Through the Chief Data Officer Speaker: Matt Prebble, Accenture United Kingdom, Ireland & Africa The morning opened with a CEO’s perspective on data leadership as an engine of agency, challenging delegates to see the CDO as the CEO’s execution multiplier: a role that converts insight into organisational intent. Key […]
DataIQ World Congress Day 1 Highlights: Connection, Collaboration and Accountability

Day 1 of the DataIQ World Congress provided incredible insights into the inner workings of the world of data and AI leadership with impressing keynote speeches and panel discussions.
Final call: Nominations for the 2026 DataIQ 100 Europe will close on 7 November

The countdown is on. Nominations for the 2026 DataIQ 100 Europe – the data and AI industry’s definitive power list – will close at midnight on Thursday 7 November.
1.9 Years: What Short CDO Tenure Says About Your Organisation

Our latest report reveals that the average tenure of a Chief Data Officer in Europe is 1.9 years. In other words, the role designed to lead data and AI transformation across people, culture, and technology is gone in less than two years. What does that mean for your organisation?
2026 DataIQ 100 Europe Live Reveal

Find out who has made the 2026 DataIQ 100 Europe list, the first and only fully-curated power list of the data industry’s most influential figures.
Data and AI Leadership: Under Way and Under Pressure

A new report by DataIQ in collaboration with Databricks explores the real leadership work behind the AI-first organisation
Profit with Purpose: We’re Officially a B Corp!

We’re proud to announce we are now officially a Certified B Corporation. This milestone reflects our commitment to building a business that balances profit with purpose.
DataIQ World Congress Reinvented: Two Days That Will Shape the Future of Data and AI

Make sure you are in London 4-5 November to take part in the 2025 DataIQ World Congress and Awards.
Leadership Traits Fueling AI Excellence

The profiles of the 2025 DataIQ 100 North America have been assessed by Blend with a DiSC profile and Dashboard to highlight what makes a data and AI leader.
Part 3 – The Next Generation Data and AI Leader: From Hype to Hard Value

The DataIQ 100 examine how future data and AI leaders can transition from hype to value as organisations continue to evolve in a new data-centric landscape.
Part 2 – Culture versus Speed: The Regional Realities of Data and AI Leadership

Culture versus speed is the core or the difference between North American and European data and AI leaders according to the most recent DataIQ 100 list.
Part 1 – Common Ground, Rising Stakes: The Universal Mandate for Data and AI Leaders

Part one of a new series examining what data and AI leaders from the DataIQ 100 Europe and DataIQ 100 North America lists for 2025 think about the evolution of the role over the next year.
More than Data: Key Leadership Skills to Win Sponsorship

This article, part of our new DataIQ 100 Insights Series, unveils the leadership behaviours that help data and AI leaders earn trust, build influence, and secure lasting sponsorship by leading beyond their teams and becoming indispensable to their organisations.
Decoding Sponsorship Approaches: Regional Insights from the DataIQ 100

This article, part of our new DataIQ 100 Insights Series, examines how regional mindsets shape data sponsorship, revealing subtle yet powerful differences in strategy, language and engagement between European and North American leaders.
Sponsorship That Sticks: 8 Strategies Data and AI Leaders Don’t Talk About Enough

The DataIQ 100 provide their insights into what makes a successful sponsorship and how it can be maintained.