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Tagged with: #data-monetisation

Posts tagged with #data-monetisation reveal how to identify, value, and capitalise on your organisation’s unique data assets.

From Print to Web to AI: Creating Sustainable Value in the AI Era

London | Published in AI , Board and Data | 12 minute read |    
A futuristic data ecosystem visualisation: traditional newspaper archives transition into flowing digital streams that connect to modern AI interfaces and autonomous agent networks. Sustainable value exchange pathways illuminate the connections between data creators, AI platforms, and users, symbolising the evolution from print to web to AI-powered value creation.

AI answer engines like Claude, ChatGPT, and Perplexity are fundamentally reshaping how value flows through information ecosystems. Unlike the web era’s simple traffic exchange, these systems synthesise and enhance proprietary data, creating entirely new possibilities for value creation. Bloomberg and the Financial Times demonstrate how organisations can transform this shift into competitive advantage through innovative AI models and sustainable value exchange frameworks. This article explores how Boards can leverage these lessons to build ecosystems where data owners, AI platforms, and users all benefit from the extraordinary value being created.

Demystifying data monetisation: Insights for private equity portfolio companies

Spring, London | Published in AI , Board and Data | 3 minute read |    
Mario Thomas presenting to private equity portfolio company executives on data monetisation and driving exit value through digitisation.

Last night, I had the pleasure of returning to the Chief Wine Officer event series on behalf of AWS, this time addressing leaders from private equity portfolio companies on a topic close to my heart: turning organisational data into strategic value. The evening, hosted at Spring at Somerset House, brought together executives eager to explore how to accelerate value creation through data monetisation within PE timeframes.

The enterprise data advantage: Turning information assets into strategic value

New York | Published in AI , Board and Data | 15 minute read |    
The image features a sophisticated office setting with futuristic holographic data displays and digital streams. In the background, there are subtle visuals of historical newspapers and documents, including folded stacks and old headlines, seamlessly integrated with the modern tech environment. The image uses vibrant blue and white tones for the tech elements and sepia accents for the newspaper visuals, symbolizing the convergence of past and present in digital transformation. (Image generated by ChatGPT 4o)

In 1998, I walked into the headquarters of our newly acquired newspaper group in Leeds, a result of a private equity-backed management buyout of United News & Media’s regional newspaper and magazine titles. Tasked with ‘doing the internet’, I found a small semblance of online activity in the form of a basic advertising website for the Yorkshire Post. A couple of weeks of getting my feet under my desk yielded a digital goldmine - 271 years of content waiting to be transformed into digital assets.