The last bulleted point in your list from the Zettelmeyer and Bolling study where "All leaders need a working knowledge of data science"is everyone should start. Unlike the ultrasound machine example cited in the article, the reason a basic understanding of what data science is so critical is because of the explosion of data from IOT and the insights that are possible with the right approach to the data. Data Science teaches how gain the proper insights to data beyond statistics and aggregated reports. This not meant to take anything away from the study. It is a great report and the insights are great. One additional point to this blog post is that Cisco ParStream acquisition is a key component to handle the coming huge influx of IOT data. The ParStream technology was key to solving the oil well sensor data problem in a most recent case study. http://ww2.frost.com/files/3414/6170/4991/Cisco_ParStream_Award_Write_Up.pdf