Data moments

The meaning of data in 2021

Yunus Al Nasser

December 30, 2020

The last week of 2020, this number that will not be erased from memory, and made the number 20 other connotations for each one of us. By linking data and its different roles through the tools available in our smart Dubai work, in the governmental work system, or around the world.

And I chose to be the end of the year lines, a promising beginning of a life that data can contribute to re-understanding and re-launching it in a more efficient, productive and positive manner in the new world imposed by a crisis such as "Covid-19".

Our family and our work have been present throughout the past years, but in the circumstances of the pandemic, especially closure, work and remote study, we have rediscovered life and defined our relationship with our surroundings. Play it in the new year, if we get to know our data set closely and in depth.

Therefore, I see that the most important trends for the role of data, technologies and related applications in the new year, is that it will be an indispensable opportunity to re-define institutions, both governmental and private, with their customers and their needs by employing data science, no less important than that is the importance of re-understanding the long relationship between customers and the services they provide, i.e. One entity, and thus data science platforms such as Customer Data Platforms, and other similar solutions, will have a growing role in the new year.

This is similar to how author Jim Collins seeks, in his book “From Good to Great” through his research team, to understand how good companies turned into great, and why others could not.

I see that every institution has a research team ready to give it an understanding of what is good for it, and a more important understanding of what needs to be developed to be "great".

What can make a difference in our performance as individuals and institutions during the new year is to take advantage of our data (data) to re-acquaint ourselves with ourselves, our institutions and our roles, from the category of the abstaining easy.

Therefore, digitization leaders should consider their different platforms in the organization in terms of their ability to receive data, how to classify them, and the ability of these platforms to give the advantage of advanced analysis of this data.

What makes me confident at the end of this year is that we were able, with our government and private sector partners, to build a legislative system, policies, ethical controls and platforms that allow optimal use of data and move from one station to another for the continuous improvement of human life in Dubai.

Therefore, I thank all the leaders who believed in the role of data and data teams in government agencies and the Smart Dubai team, who together, made data an important role in understanding what balance and recovery requires in 2020, and will make it an opportunity to redefine roles and services and move towards new areas of achievement in 2021.

Assistant General Manager of Smart Dubai, Executive Director of Dubai Data Corporation

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