Data Min(e)dset

There are data miners and then there is data mindset. The former are the people and/or their tools that do the digging through the numbers. The latter is about a whole lot more. 

Last week I blogged about how to help people believe the numbers. This week I am going a big step further talking about four different types of data mindsets and the implications for decision making in an organisation (see figure).   

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Vision Driven 

A vision driven leader is not just entrepreneurial, but also highly emotionally charged. They are likely to have a low tolerance level for people who are not in sync with the vision and discount data brought forward by them. 

Help them see the qualities of others outside of their tunnel vision. 

Impact Driven 

An impact driven leader is high on emotion but sees simple problems that need fixing. Fast. You will often find these types of people in charities for example. The risk to their decision making when it comes to data is that they may allow the rules to be bent if the end justifies the means. 

Help them to accept the need for some controls. Data without controls is a reputation damaging event waiting to happen.

Process Driven 

Leaders who are factually driven but who are not the creator of purpose and mission will often be very process driven. While this is likely to result in good data capture and analysis, they may not be able to see the possibilities the data may bring. 

Help them to think differently by identifying questions that could be answered by the data, no one has thought to ask, until now.

 Numbers Driven 

Entrepreneurs who focus on the numbers are loved by investors. However, investors for the main don’t need to worry about the collateral damage if it does not impact the reputation of the organisation with its customers or other key stakeholders. 

The key risk with these types of leaders is that they alienate talent. Some of the best data talent is coming out of universities and colleges as we speak. This generation is less tolerant of unsympathetic leaders. 

Help them see the benefits of empathy for their valuable data miners.

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Bryan is a management consultant operating since 2001, specialising in risk-based decision making and influencing decision makers, born from his more than twenty years of facilitating executive and board workshops.

Bryan’s experience as a risk practitioner includes the design and implementation of risk management programs for more than 150 organisations across the public, private and not-for-profit sectors.

Bryan is the author of Risky Business : How Successful Organisations Embrace Uncertainty; Persuasive Advising : How to Turn Red Tape into Blue Ribbon, and Team Think : Unlock the Power of the Collective Mind [to be published in 2022].

He is licenced by the RMIA as a Certified Chief Risk Officer (CCRO) and is the designer and facilitator of their flagship Enterprise Risk Course since 2019.

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