(2023-04-15) Chin Becoming Data Driven in Business: A Series

Cedric Chin: Becoming Data Driven in Business: A Series. What does it mean to be data driven in business? Most people think being data driven means looking at charts on a daily basis. Or they attempt to use data in their orgs, and then fall into one of the many traps that come with the territory. How do you actually get good at using data for your operations? And how do you build the mindset and the organisational capabilities necessary to do it?

In 2022, I did some work for Colin Bryar and Bill Carr, former Amazon execs and authors of Working Backwards. The project I did for them was about explicating Amazon’s Weekly Business Review (WBR) for a broader audience.