INDUSTRY VIEW literacy, so your people, across all functions, understand how to question, interpret and act on data.
Most of all, it requires trust. As Robin Miller, Group Data Manager at Lowell so perfectly put it:“ The vision I describe to my colleagues is that they’ ll be able to implicitly trust the data that informs them, no matter where in our organisation it comes from.” That trust is what enables action. And in a world moving as fast as ours, trusted action is everything.
Long-term value over short-term buzz
There’ s no denying the momentum behind AI. But there’ s a real risk in chasing short-term wins – pilots that can’ t scale, models that aren’ t reproducible, projects that promise much but deliver little. What’ s needed is a long-term mindset. That begins with data.
By prioritising data quality and investing in AI-readiness from the ground up, organisations position themselves to move faster, not slower. They create the conditions for innovation to thrive. They accelerate business value by enabling data to flow freely, reliably and securely across systems, departments and applications. And most importantly, they ensure that when the hype cycle inevitably plateaus, their AI investments continue to pay dividends. In the race for AI success, it’ s not the flashiest use cases that win, it’ s the strongest data foundation. •
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