Future of Dashboards

Future Dashboards will look very different from today’s. Today, 70% of the world’s sensors are currently not networked. Therefore, their data is wasted. “Connected sensors” (i.e., the Internet of Things (IoT)) is an important enabling trend to roll out Dashboards to more “traditional” processes. In 2014, only 2% of the Fortune 500 used OKRs. Today, we estimate that percentage has doubled to just around 4%: big companies have a long way to go. Therein lies an enormous business opportunity for someone who can  address this enormous unmet need. 

So, where might future ExOs take Dashboards?

• Automation. Dashboards will become increasingly automated, with AIs driving most of the content and tracking, using their innate intelligence to identify the most important parameters and metrics and emphasizing those for audiences’  attention.

• AI Mapping of MTP. AIs will create Dashboards for most organizations by mapping the MTP onto actionable metrics.

• Data Relevance. AI will use ubiquitous sensors, public data sets, and Dashboards that will advise companies about market trends.

• Focus on future issue alerts and prevention. AI-enabled Dashboards will focus on probabilistic risk analysis, elevating potential future concerns, alerting management about issues, and suggesting solutions to prevent failures before they happen.

Ultimately, as the speed of ExO operations continues to accelerate, we anticipate that there will be no more five-year Strategic Plans with quarterly or annual KPIs. Instead, a company will have an MTP and a one-year operating plan, monitored by real-time Dashboards that will continuously assess whether it’s on track.