For Businesses
Digital Strategy
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Plan your company’s digital future and make it a reality
In today’s digital world, every organisation has the potential to innovate with data, regardless of size or sector. Recognising data as a business opportunity, and not solely a responsibility of the IT department, is key. The importance of a robust data strategy — one that supports overall business goals — has never been clearer.
The Data Lab provides a range of support for companies looking to enhance their strategic approach to data.
How can we help?
Take part in a strategy sessions
Our strategy sessions are interactive roundtable discussions for business leaders. They will help you to identify strategic opportunities for data-driven innovation.
Collaborate with our in-house specialist data science team
Our team can work with you to scope and develop your data strategy, and then support you as you develop the use of data within your organisation.
Depending on your budget, and where you are at on your data journey, we can help you in a number of other ways:
- Our online course, Driving Value from Data, is a very accessible way for individuals or teams within your organisation to gain an understanding of what possibilities lie within your data, and what needs to be considered when building a data strategy.
- Driving Value from Data can also be delivered by one of our expert Associates in a one day in-person format, with case studies and content focused on your particular challenges.
- We can signpost your organisation to the people who can help you take your next steps – either from within our in-house data science team, or externally from our network.
- Join our online community, where we have over 1,400 people actively engaged and where you can ask questions, look for a mentor and gain insights and inspiration from peers and experts.
- Join us for our next Data Leaders programme. Over the course of 4 months, delegates will be shown how to lead and survive in a changing world, where data is the key
We are also developing a number of online tools that you will be able to access through our digital Community. Use them to enhance the way you use data in your organisation.
Why use this service?
Our experienced digital strategy experts will help you:
- Develop confidence, skills and knowledge in data science & AI.
- Implement a data driven culture.
- Develop actionable data insights.
- Develop strategic collaborations to enhance your data capabilities.
- Reimagine services and products through the use of data science & AI.
- Add value through data-driven innovation.
Key Benefits
Think strategically
Get the expertise and insights you need
Build your data team
Get the digital skillset you need for success
Move forward
Find out how to turn ideas into action
Further support
We provide additional strategic support to businesses through a number of other channels:
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Leadership education:
From non-technical interactive one-day workshops to our 4-month leadership programme, we help those charged with delivering change to know how to use data and embed data literacy across their organisations. We give leaders the skills and confidence to use data to help their businesses survive and thrive in a challenging world.
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Data Skills for Work:
Develop the data literacy skills of your workforce by accessing grants for training.
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Online Courses:
Access our online courses to get your staff started and moving forward on their data journey.
Our Digital Strategy Team
Anna Ashton Scott
Programme Manager — Professional Development
Jacqueline Huynh
Administrator
Sonia Hadj Said
Administrator – Data Skills for Work
Hannah Gordon
Project Manager
Nuria Fraile-Diaz
Product Manager – Data Skills for Work
Speak to one of our digital strategy team to find out how we can help your business
Case studies showing what’s possible with data:
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Data Leaders Case Study: Social Bite
Beginning life as a small café in Edinburgh in 2012, Social Bite has become an internationally renowned charity, supporting people facing homelessness or facing barriers to employment. In the last decade, it has also established several programmes, such as The Social Bite Village, free food provision, and globally renowned campaigns including Sleep in the Park. […]
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Property technology start-up grows team following placements
Grand Bequest is an Edinburgh-based PropTech start-up that uses AI and data to promote the redevelopment of vacant buildings and give them a new life. The company currently only operates in Scotland, but it is looking to expand across the UK and internationally in the future. We look at the positive impact that taking […]
News about Professional Development:
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The Data Lab Academy launch event for the student class of 2022
On Wednesday 12th October, The Data Lab team headed over to Edinburgh’s beautiful Summerhall multi-arts building to host this year’s Data Lab Academy Launch event – a happy coincidence that it fell on the same week as World Student Day? Here’s what we got up to and what to expect for future events … What […]
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The scariest data stories from across the world
Happy Halloween! Whilst everyone’s been running about getting their Instagram snaps in pumpkin patches, pretending they like those autumn spiced lattes (seriously, why are they THAT sweet?), and picking up fun-sized Mars bars for the kids, The Data Lab team have been reading up on true tales of horror … the scariest data stories from […]
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The Data Lab Community turns 1!
September marks one year since we launched The Data Lab Community – a diverse online space where members from across sectors, industries, and geographies could come together to create positive economic and social impact using data and AI (for themselves, their organisations, and those around them.) Firstly, we’d like to extend an enormous thank you […]
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