“A whirlwind tour of real-world business cases. If you want to learn fast yourself, then start with this book.”

Don Peppers and Martha Rogers, Ph.D.

Authors of The One to One Future:

Building Relationships One Customer at a Time

“Randy Bean has written the quintessential book for organizations striving to become data-driven .”

Cindi Howson

Chief Data Strategy Officer, ThoughtSpot

Host of The Data Chief podcast

“The lessons of this book are delivered in clear language and without technical jargon.”

Thomas H. Davenport

Author of Competing on Analytics

“Randy Bean is the pre-eminent writer on the modern data revolution.”

Allison Sagraves

2020 Global Top 100 Innovators in Data and Analytics

CDO Magazine 2020 Global Data Power Women

“Filled with great first-hand examples, ‘profiles in courage’, and learning about what has succeeded and failed.”

David Edelman

Former Chief Marketing Officer, Aetna

Former Lead, McKinsey's Digital Marketing Practice

“Highly recommended for business executives and general readers seeking to understand the data phenomenon.”

Michael Skok

Founding Partner, Underscore VC

Entrepreneur-in-Residence, Harvard Business School

“Lively… explores how data has become an essential element of business strategy in the 21st century”.

Cameron F. Kerry

Ann R. & Andrew H. Tisch Distinguished Visiting Fellow

The Brookings Institution

“Randy Bean's book Fail Fast, Learn Faster takes the reader past the hype of "big data" and AI.”

Alex Pentland

Author of Social Physics

Toshiba Professor at MIT; Director at MIT Media Lab

"Among the data and analytics strategists who can capture and articulate the essence and lessons of enterprise initiatives, Randy Bean stands alone."

Douglas Laney

Author of Infonomics

Innovation Fellow, West Monroe

“Required reading. Randy's mix of strategic perspective and pragmatic know how is truly unique.”

Andy Palmer

Co-Founder & CEO, TAMR

Investor and Founding Board Member, Vertica, VoltDB, CloudSwitch

“Fail Fast, Learn Faster shines a light on the human and cultural challenges that organizations face.”

Richard Mucci

Former President, Group Protection Business, Lincoln Financial Group

Former Chairman and CEO, New York Life International

“Randy Bean brings to life the rise of the Chief Data Officer and the importance of data management in today’s economy.”

John Bottega

President, EDM Council

Former CDO, CitiGroup, Bank of America, Federal Reserve Bank of NY

“A great read… what it takes to manage and lead in the age of Big Data.”

George Overholser

Vice Chancellor, Northeastern University

Founding Team Member, Capital One

“A terrific guide.. tells the compelling story of the first generation of data management practices.”

JoAnn C. Stonier

CDO Magazine 2020 Global Data Power Woman

Co-chair World Economic Forum Data Policy Council of the Future