Speaking and workshops with Dr Shorful Islam
Data culture for ventures tackling social and environmental challenges.
Ventures in climate, energy access, health and financial inclusion grow only as fast as their stakeholders trust their figures. Investors need impact data they trust, teams need one set of figures, and policymakers need evidence that supports decisions. Dr Shorful Islam's talks apply the ideas in Data Culture to these ventures and the institutions that fund and regulate them.
Speaker biography
Dr Shorful Islam is Chairman and Director of IntelliSearch and Chief Executive of Be Data Solutions. He has led data teams at Tribal Worldwide, Wunderman and ITV, and holds a PhD in Child Health Psychology from the University of Lincoln. His book Data Culture (Kogan Page, 2024) was shortlisted for the Business Book Awards 2025. Based in London; available in person or remotely.
Talks by audience
Investors and funders
Measuring impact with the rigour applied to financial returns
Participants learn to set one definition and one source for each impact measure across a portfolio.
Enterprise leadership teams
Scaling on figures the whole organisation trusts
Participants agree the small set of figures the organisation runs on, from board to field.
Policymakers and programme leads
Evidence ready before the policy window opens
Participants learn to judge whether the evidence for a decision is sufficient, and to specify what is missing.
Formats: keynote, panel, or half-day leadership workshop. Workshops aim to leave participants with an agreed set of measures.