If someone told you a few years ago you could learn a lot about data strategies from football, you would most likely have wanted to relegate them to the subs bench. But as official statistics partner of the English Premier League, at Stats Perform we’ve seen that data and sports truly belong together. And it’s true that there are surprising parallels between the data challenges of a football club and those that you may be facing in your own organization.
So, here are my five key lessons from football which will give you the freedom to get the most long-term value from your data strategy.
