Leading Analytics in Organisations

The objective of this masterclass is to show executives and managers how to start a new or reinvigorate an existing organisation-wide analytics programme by fostering the development of an analytics culture and implementing the technical systems required to drive significant and sustainable organisation benefits.

Participants will work in small groups to explore the current state of and objectives for analytics in their organisation so they can better understand what is required of them as leaders to achieve analytics success.

Suitability

This masterclass is intended for managers who need to understand how best they can lead the implementation of an analytics programme in their organisation.

Learning Outcomes

At the end of the course participants will,

  • Explain how analytics can help their business unlock the value in their data to achieve sustainable competitive advantage and drive innovation
  • Explain the key principles and concepts of analytics and how they can benefit an organisation
  • Explain the success factors for analytics
  • Explain the key elements of an effective analytics strategy and its relationship to organisation strategy
  • Explain the key elements of an effective analytics culture

Course Agenda

Module 1

  • Introduction Analytics and the Business Landscape
  • What is analytics?
  • Why analytics now?
  • How analytics as a competitive advantage
  • Why data as a strategic asset?
  • How analytics improves business decision making
  • Analytics Success Factors
  • 10 Factors for Analytics Success
  • Case Study – Analytics Success Factors
  • Building an Analytics Culture
  • The Mindset-Skillset-Toolset model
  • The leader’s role in an analytics culture
  • Building commitment to analytics
  • Structure and Skills for Analytics
  • Where does analytics fit in the organisation?
  • What skills do your analytics team need?
  • How should your analytics team be structured?
  • What skills do your people need?
  • Analytics Governance, Compliance and Ethics
  • Why internal governance matters in analytics?
  • How to ensure your analytics programme meets compliance requirements?
  • Why privacy and ethics matter in analytics?
  • Analytics Strategy Development and Execution
  • How to create a roadmap for analytics success
  • How to execute an analytics strategy
  • How to measure your analytics strategy progress

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Why study with Alpha?

Innovation and creativity born from experience

We are thought leaders in instructional and learning journey design and holistic solution architects. We have extensive finance and investments experience combined with skills application to deliver performance improving results. We develop immersive learning environments that maximize time to productivity, support talent retention and added value to improving quality of hires.

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We are focused on mining the embedded organisational intellectual capital for the benefit of the next generation. We create and curate best in class practice gathered from our experience with the leading financial institutions. We design our programmes with the end in mind – what results are you trying to achieve with this intervention? What metrics will we set ourselves to achieve that?

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Quality and innovation, using current market and industry best practices, have made us a trusted partner in delivering dynamic and motivating training for the financial and capital markets. Our programmes are generation proof and responsive to evolving learner needs and styles. Our solutions use a multi-stakeholder engagement strategy that expands beyond relationships between the learner and learning provider. We create connections with managers, peers and the wider business to drive impactful return on investment..

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