So data scientists
by its name indicates
that the person is a scientist.
Scientists like to explore.
They like to discover.
They like to create new things
not just follow a recipe.
And so if you really want to
have a data science culture,
you need to permit those
people to do that exploration.
The data scientist
is trying to explore
to find new
patterns, and trends,
and anomalies in that space.
And so the culture allows that
kind of discovery, creation,
knowledge creation
to take place.
A lot of groups will think
that, oh, data science,
data is information, so it
belongs to the IT department.
And it doesn't because data
science is a business function.
Discovering new markets,
improving business,
improving bottom line,
producing new outcomes,
predictive and
prescriptive analytics,
predicting what will
happen, and trying
to achieve a better
outcome for a business,
those are business functions--
driving the business,
discovering new markets,
discover new opportunities
for the business,
finding new opportunities
to optimize or improve
outcomes in the business.
And so the consequence of
this, a lot of organizations
are creating new positions
in the executive boardroom.
So we see a existence
of new positions
called like Chief Data Officer,
the Chief Analytics Officer.
So the existence of
those people immediately
say, OK, I'm not the CIO.
Even though I'm working
with data and information,
I'm looking at more
from the business
side of data information
not the technology side.
