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The 2026 Data Strategy Guide: Setting the Foundation for Analytics and AI
Data sits at the center of nearly every strategic conversation happening inside large enterprises today. Growth, efficiency, resilience, customer experience, and innovation increasingly depend on how well data is collected, governed, and used. Yet for many organizations, data remains fragmented across legacy systems, cloud platforms, and disconnected teams, limiting its ability to support analytics and AI at scale. As organizations look ahead to 2026, expectations around data

Kurt Smith
6 days ago6 min read


Operationalizing Data for AI: Why DataOps Matters More Than Ever
Modern enterprises depend on data to drive decisions, power analytics, and enable AI, but the moment AI moves from experimentation to production, weaknesses in day to day data operations surface quickly. Pipelines that looked fine in isolation struggle under real demand. Critical datasets arrive late or partially complete. Teams apply manual fixes that work once and then quietly introduce more risk. DataOps is the practical discipline that turns data from a strategic promise

Kurt Smith
Dec 18, 20256 min read


Turning AI Ambition Into Business Value: A Practical Enterprise Guide
AI has moved out of the lab and into boardroom conversations. Most enterprises now agree it matters. Far fewer agree on what to do next, how much to invest, or how to ensure real outcomes instead of another wave of disconnected experiments. Across industries, leadership teams are facing the same tension. Expectations around artificial intelligence are high, but the path from ambition to business value feels uncertain. Data lives in silos. Pilots show promise but stall. Govern

Kurt Smith
Dec 16, 20257 min read


Trustworthy AI in 2026: Practical Steps for Responsible Data Use
AI now touches almost every data flow inside a modern enterprise. Customer journeys, financial decisions, workforce planning, product roadmaps, and risk controls all increasingly depend on AI models that learn from and act on sensitive information. Leadership teams feel a growing tension. They want the speed, creativity, and scale that AI enables, but they cannot afford to lose control of how data is collected, used, and shared. Regulators are tightening expectations, custome

Kurt Smith
Dec 10, 202511 min read


How to Build a Data Governance Framework That Actually Works in 2026
Data leaders are under pressure from every direction. AI teams want faster access to training data. Security teams worry about exposure. Regulators keep tightening expectations. Meanwhile, business stakeholders just want accurate reports that they can trust. Data is one of the most powerful assets an enterprise possesses, but without governance, it can quickly become one of the greatest liabilities. The gap between promise and reality is exactly where most data governance fra

Kurt Smith
Dec 2, 202512 min read


Governance and Compliance in AI-Driven Enterprises
Boards want outcomes, regulators want controls, and teams want clarity. AI accelerates value, but it also compresses risk timelines, magnifies data exposure, and introduces model behavior that can drift without warning. Customers expect responsible AI and auditors expect evidence. Leadership needs a plan that shows how AI risk is identified, measured, monitored, and reported in language the business understands. At Working Excellence, we simplify the complexity of cybersecuri

Kurt Smith
Nov 11, 20257 min read


Working Excellence CISO James Gorman Named a Top Global CISO for 2025 by Cyber Defense Magazine
Reston, VA, November 5, 2025 – Working Excellence announced today that James Gorman, Chief Information Security Officer , has been recognized by Cyber Defense Magazine as one of the Top Global CISOs for 2025 . The recognition was presented at CyberDefenseCon 2025 , one of the world’s leading gatherings of cybersecurity executives and industry innovators. The Top Global CISOs list honors leaders who are redefining cybersecurity through trust, strategy, and innovation. Gorm

Kurt Smith
Nov 5, 20253 min read


Data Governance for AI: Enabling Trustworthy Insight
Every business leader today feels the pressure to scale AI quickly, but many also feel the uncertainty that comes with it. How do you unlock innovation without losing control? How can you trust insights generated by algorithms you can’t fully explain? These are not small questions, and they are exactly why data governance for AI has become one of the most important disciplines in modern enterprise management. AI has changed how organizations think about data. Models are no l

Kurt Smith
Oct 16, 20255 min read


Cybersecurity for M&A: Due-Diligence Best Practices
Mergers and acquisitions are milestones that can redefine a company’s trajectory. Yet, behind every exciting deal lies a web of risks...

Kurt Smith
Oct 8, 20255 min read


vCISO Services: Executive Security Leadership on Demand
Modern enterprises face a volatile mix of threats, regulatory pressure, and a growing need for cybersecurity accountability at the...

Kurt Smith
Sep 24, 20255 min read


Mastering Enterprise API Development and Management: A Strategic Guide
Understanding API Development and Management We find ourselves living in a world where large enterprises rely heavily on API (Application...

John Jordan
Feb 7, 20257 min read
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