MSV Housing's data transformation: From fragmented silos to shared strategic insight
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Matt Jones
Summary
Matt Jones, executive director for customers at MSV Housing, describes how the housing association moved from fragmented, siloed data to a shared, strategic data approach by partnering with Connexica, a company with expertise outside the housing sector. The piece details the challenges of data fragmentation across multiple systems, the need for a fresh external perspective, and the implementation of a new data strategy to drive organizational change and better serve customers.
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· 4 pulledWe seized the opportunity to take a much fresher, more strategic approach to data.
We took the view that this was a challenge that we – and the sector more broadly – had been trying to deal with for years. If we could solve it alone, we would have done it by now.
A fresh approach from outside of housing was needed to help drive change at speed.
It gave us the opportunity to take a much fresher, more strategic approach to data.
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