The Current Data Stack is Too Complex: 70% Data Leaders & Practitioners Agree

This one’s a detailed dive, so here’s a quick overview of the piece at a glance:TLDRCEOs now recognize that AI's transformative potential hinges directly on having a well-executed data strategy. Without a comprehensive data strategy that has executive support, their ambitions to "do something" with GenAI/General AI will struggle and have a high probability of failing (Forbes cites why 85% of AI Projects fail ↗️). They need to apply their influence, through budgets and top-down support, towards elevating the way their companies manage their data to meet AI needs.It may seem intuitive to simply make the existing tools and solutions work better, but this survey highlights a problem with that thinking. Many respondents shared the struggles they're facing with too many tools, resulting in overly complex solutions.