Many organizations have found that with an increase in the amount of data they produce, an executive tasked to deal with these data, the Chief Data Officer (CDO), has become an absolute necessity. Several private sector organizations established the CDO role many years ago and federal agencies have recently started to implement and mature the […]
As organizations create more data, many have created an executive position called the Chief Data Officer (CDO) to manage and utilize these data. Several private sector organizations established the CDO role many years ago and federal agencies have recently started to implement and mature the role as a result of federal legislation that requires all […]
Simatree had the pleasure of hosting future consultants, data scientists, and software engineers for Take Your Child to Work Day. The day started with a daily “stand up” meeting to lay out priorities for the day and then was filled with discussions about AI, “networking” over lunch on the patio, and a scavenger hunt! Below, […]
Copyright 2016 by TDWI, a division of 1105 Media, Inc. Reprinted by permission of TDWI. Visit TDWI.org for more information If you want to get the most value out of your data, you need to take inventory. A “data first” mindset is of utmost importance, because it will lead you to focus on your data […]
This is the third of a five-part series, Working with COVID: A Five-Part Guide to Work-Life Integration during the Pandemic. Over this period of the pandemic, one of the activities that helped me keep my balance was exercise. When the shutdowns started in 2020, I started with at-home workouts and runs outside. As facilities began to […]
By Patrick McCreesh In the show Ted Lasso, Coach Lasso famously asks a struggling player, “What’s the happiest animal on earth?” The answer: “A goldfish. It has a 10-second memory.” It’s a charming metaphor, reminding us to let go of mistakes. But for leaders, forgetting isn’t so simple. Many are stuck—not in past errors—but in the invisible grip of beliefs and ideas that quietly […]
This week we sat down with Elizabeth Sicuso, a Managing Partner of Simatree and an experienced management consultant who has focused her career on leading organizational transformations for clients across the public and private sectors. At Simatree, Elizabeth is a trusted resource to clients who are ready to move from piecemeal transformation success to enterprise-wide […]
This is the fourth of a five-part series, Working with COVID: A Five-Part Guide to Work-Life Integration during the Pandemic. Over the course of the pandemic, we have been bombarded with data. Case counts, hospitalizations, and unfortunately death counts, have been at the top of the papers and the bottom of our TVs for some […]
Copyright 2016 by TDWI, a division of 1105 Media, Inc. Reprinted by permission of TDWI. Visit TDWI.org for more information. Have you ever had a set of reports that were distributed for years only to have your business users discover that the reports have been wrong all along and consequently lose trust in your data […]
Over the last few weeks, we at Simatree have engaged in conversations about race in America. The death of George Floyd served as a catalyst for this dialogue, and we wanted to discuss how we can affirm that Black Lives Matter. We believe we need to move forward with a strong commitment for something beyond respect and […]
By: Simatree Volunteering & Giving Committee (Justine Hu, Max White, Daniel Crystal, Beleyou Kebede, Mellissa Perez, Catherine Quinn) Introduction Simatree’s core values are “Share Openly, Support Completely, and Drive Progress.” Driving progress means we believe in the importance of supporting and leading positive changes throughout not only our organization, but also our community. As Simatree […]
Patrick McCreesh, the Managing Partner at Simatree, sits down with the CEOViews team to share details about the change Simatree is bringing to the corporate world.