From Forbes
How Big Data Could Determine Whether Your Business Succeeds Or Fails
By Greg Satell
One of the great concerns of social scientists in the 21st century has been the digital divide, a stratification of society into those who have new economy skills and those who don’t....
To help bridge the gap, UC Berkeley’s School of Information has begun a fully online Data Science Masters Program that trains a new breed of professionals to manage big data programs. As the Web of Things becomes ever more pervasive, big data can no longer be considered something only tech companies do, but must be embraced by executives of all stripes....
AnnaLee Saxenian, the Dean of UC Berkeley’s School of Information notes that one of the difficulties in finding the right people is that big data demands a combination of skills, including basic programming, algorithmic design, visual communication and collaboration that heretofore had been separated into different silos.
While her program will help equip professionals to handle the work, Saxenian also notes even if you have people with the right skills, senior executives in the C-Suite must also adopt a big data mindset for any effort to be ultimately successful.
And that, in fact, might be the greatest hurdle of all....
This story also appeared in Business Insider