This document discusses lessons in leadership that can be learned from the Battle of Mogadishu as told by Matt Eversmann, a retired Army First Sergeant. It provides background on Eversmann's military career and role in the Battle of Mogadishu. The document then discusses leadership concepts like strategic shock, problem solving under pressure, and developing leadership skills and followership traits through experiences like combat.

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Leadership Lessons From Black Hawk Down that
All Data Leaders Should Learn
Will Crump – DATUM LLC
Matt Eversmann – DATUM LLC

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Analytics dictates a new ‘Reality’ for Data
Data
validated
decisions
Batch
processing
of data
Historical
data drives
decisions
Governance
improves
data quality
Process
dictates data
design
Data based
decisions
Real-Time,
instant access
Real-Time
data drives
decisions
Governance
ensures data
quality
Data insights
drive process
changes
BEFORE AFTER
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“Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.” – John F. Kennedy
Analytics and Insights
Reporting and
Data Quality
Business Process
Optimization
Value Based Communities
Sharing Metadata

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Data Governance & Stewardship Hierarchy of Needs
Proactive / Preventive
Reactive Data
Remediation
Advanced Business Value
Creation
VALUE CLASSES
Ad Hoc
Data Activism
LeadingfromtheMiddle
Value Based Communities
Sharing Metadata

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20%
15%
25%
35%
5%
Daily Master Data Maintenance Activities
Mass Creation or Change Requests
Execution of Data Quality Reports
Performing Ad Hoc Data Clean-up Tasks
Facilitating Policy Setting in Business Case
The Firefighter
(Today’s Data Steward)
The Data Navigator
(Tomorrow’s Data Steward)
25%
10%
10%
10%
30%
15%
Strategic Support
Enterprise Standards & Business Rules
Organizational Ownership
Application Support
Data Process Optimization
Firefighting Tasks
Changing the Role of a Data Steward

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Sgt. Matt Eversmann (First Sergeant, Retired)
• 20 years service active duty in the US Army
• Spent most of his career in the 75th Ranger Regiment
• Officer in Charge for 75th Ranger Regiments Pre-Ranger Course
• Trained in Sniper; Survival, Evasion, Resistance & Escape (SERE); Leadership
Development; Special Operations Tactics; Jumpmaster; etc.
• Bronze Star with Valor Device for the Battle of Mogadishu
• Co-Author of The Battle of Mogadishu (2004)

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STRATEGIC SHOCK
• Unpredictable
• Indiscriminate
• Ubiquitous
-Sir Robert Fry
Problem

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ON THE FIELD OF BATTLE
• Fall out 1
• First 30 seconds
• 2IC
• Problem Solver
Case Study

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Solution
F1
F2 F3
F4
Leadership

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Fusion
f4f3
f1
f2
Leadership Skills Followership traits
Atmospherics Development Tools

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