The pitfalls of city data strategies

By Bas Boorsma, Vice President EMEA, Cities Today Institute*

Cities have adopted and implanted evolving urban digitalisation strategies, and most of those increasingly focus on data. In fact, data is at the heart of the latest chapter in smart city innovations, following the years of a focus broadband infrastructure, vertical point solutions and Internet of Things pilots. Data strategies encompass many components tied to data: algorithms, open data approaches, artificial intelligence, and data governance among others. As many cities have experienced, this latest journey is full of pitfalls and challenges.

The challenges faced in articulating and implanting data strategies for cities mi...