This article was co-authored by Katherine Kennedy, an Associate at Metis Strategy Commitments to environmental, social, and governance (ESG) initiatives are table stakes for organizations today. Whether pledging to go carbon neutral, reevaluating supplier sustainability requirements, or enacting diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives, among other undertakings, following through on these promises can have real…
For the past decade, the Amazon.com effect has spread digital disruption to every corner of the B2C world, spurring incumbent, consumer-facing enterprises to undertake massive digital transformation initiatives as a matter of survival. But B2B companies have not been entirely immune to the shift toward digital services, with many of late launching transformations of their…
With data-driven decisions and digital services at the center of most businesses these days, enterprises can never get enough data to fuel their operations. But not every bit of data that could benefit a business can be readily produced, cleansed, and analyzed by internal means. Enter data-as-a-service providers: Entities that offer data on tap for…