Lufthansa Group’s Shift to Airline Product Analytics
Mar 21, 2024
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The podcast discusses Lufthansa Group's shift to airline product analytics, focusing on decentralized models and digital analytics communities. They delve into personalization, AI, and building better products efficiently. The discussion emphasizes the importance of data-driven decision-making, customer experiences, and the evolution towards personalized services in the airline industry.
Transition from web to product analytics with decentralized model at Lufthansa Group.
Importance of personalization and AI in building trustworthy customer experiences in airlines.
Deep dives
Laura Hornbake's Role in Shifting Lufaans and Group Towards Digital Product Analytics
Laura Hornbake, the director and head of product analytics at Lufaans and group Digital Hangar, discusses the journey of transitioning from traditional web analytics to digital product analytics. With a vast experience in conversion optimization, personalization, and digital analytics, Laura emphasizes embedding data-driven decision-making in all digital product teams. The Digital Hangar within Lufaans and group serves as a central hub for digital transformation, employing a decentralized analytics model focused on providing guidelines and strategies for product analytics across various teams.
The Significance of First-Party Data in Personalization Initiatives
Personalization initiatives require quality first-party data, a core strategic element within the digital hanger ecosystem that includes the loyalty and profile value stream. By leveraging first-party data, companies like airlines can offer personalized experiences that cater to individual customer needs. Laura Hornbake emphasizes the importance of obtaining customer trust through impactful personalization, guiding customers through critical journey moments while maintaining transparency and value in data usage.
The Evolution of AI and Its Role in Analytics Transformation
AI serves as an accelerator in the transformation of analytics roles, shaping a future where data literacy becomes a fundamental aspect of organizational operations. Laura Hornbake highlights how AI complements traditional analytics by fostering a more data-driven culture across teams. By embracing AI tools for internal documentation, sentiment analysis, and customer-facing applications like chatbots, companies can enhance operational efficiencies and empower teams to make data-informed decisions while amplifying the storytelling capability of data analysts.
Community of Practice and Empowerment in Data Analytics
The shift towards a community of practice model in analytics facilitates knowledge sharing, empowerment, and educational opportunities within organizations. Laura emphasizes the role of analytics professionals in empowering teams to adapt to a more data-driven mindset. By fostering curiosity and encouraging broader data literacy among team members, the community of practice model enables professionals to dive deeper into data insights, ask more sophisticated questions, and deliver impactful analytics that drive business success.
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Today, we bring you another insightful case study: the Lufthansa Group and their Digital Hangar’s journey from web and CRO analytics to airline product analytics.
Laura J. Hornbake, Product Analytics Community of Practice Lead at Lufthansa Group Digital Hangar, talked about their shift towards a decentralized model and the establishment of a digital analytics community of practice, highlighting how some of the most innovative airlines are revolutionizing the use of analytics to build better products more efficiently and on a larger scale.
And naturally, our discussion wouldn’t be complete without delving into personalization and AI.
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