Companies are increasingly turning to analytics to gain a competitive edge and ultimately achieve high performance. As they do, they must resolve unique demands on their information technology, their structure, their processes and their culture.
Most critical, however, is the challenge posed by analytical talent, the people at all levels who help use data to improve decision making and generate better business results.
In this report by Jeanne G. Harris, Elizabeth Craig and Henry Egan, we explain how companies are harnessing the “talent power” of their analysts, organizing them most effectively and keeping them engaged for the long term. It is essential that companies recognize analytical talent as a distinct workforce, and manage them in accordance with their growing importance.