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Insight.
Data is the new competitive edge, but only if leaders turn it into insight and action. As CEO, your job is to champion data literacy, demand accuracy, and ensure analytics directly inform decisions.
Key Strategies.
1. Invest in Data Infrastructure – Build reliable systems for real-time insight.
2. Foster Data Literacy – Equip teams to interpret and apply analytics.
3. Link Data to Strategy – Align metrics with core business objectives.
4. Ensure Data Integrity—Enforce quality, privacy, and security standards.
5. Use Predictive Analytics – Anticipate trends, don’t just report on them.
CEO Leadership Actions.
- Review how data informs major decisions.
- Encourage evidence-based discussions in leadership meetings.
- Support continuous investment in analytics capabilities.
Actionable Tip.
Identify one key decision currently based on opinion—replace it with data evidence.
Why This Matters?
Data-driven CEOs make faster, smarter, and more credible decisions, strengthening agility and competitiveness across the enterprise.
About the Author.
Ernest De-Graft Egyir, CEO advisor and Founding CEO of Chief Executives Network Ghana, convenes the Ghana CEO Summit and serves on Ghana’s Economic Dialogue Planning Committee.
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