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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

Lessons from Data and AI Leaders on the CDO role

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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.

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DataIQ 100 – Lorenzo Bavasso, BT: Underpinning business transformation with AI

BT devised and implemented a new set of AI tools in its internal systems to move away from legacy systems and transform the organisation.

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How the Academy for Future Leaders (AFL) benefits aspirational data professionals

AFL alumni Jordan Dwyer explains why data professionals should take part in the AFL programme and how careers can be boosted by expert tuition.

Randy Bean, Knowledge Expert and Business Advisor for North America, DataIQ.

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2025 AI and data leadership – Executive benchmark survey leadership, transformation, and innovation in an AI future

Randy Bean's report on AI and data leadership in 2025 provides stunning insights into the lay of the land for data professionals.

Future Leader attendees in London for the 2025 reveal.

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DataIQ unveils the 2025 Future Leaders

The DataIQ Future Leaders for 2025 have been announced, highlighting the prowess of the talent pipeline for data industry leaders.

Tag: Leadership & Vision

Day 2 Highlights: Summit North America 2025

Day 1 Highlights: DataIQ Summit North America 2025

Avoiding the rocket trap: AI strategy needs a guiding mind

Walking in sunshine: Resilient leadership in the age of AI

Mastering data foundations for AI: Practical strategies for chief data and AI officers

What CDOs wish they knew before taking the job

DataIQ 100 – Lorenzo Bavasso, BT: Underpinning business transformation with AI

How the Academy for Future Leaders (AFL) benefits aspirational data professionals

2025 AI and data leadership – Executive benchmark survey leadership, transformation, and innovation in an AI future

DataIQ unveils the 2025 Future Leaders

Enabling the success of Data and AI leaders and their teams.