Driven by Data | The Podcast
Kyle Winterbottom was joined by Diane Berry, PhD Chief Data & Analytics Officer at Phoenix Group, where they discuss the journey from devising a data strategy to executing that strategy
Within this episode, we cover…
🎤The importance of providing interim value while on your strategic journey
🎤Why to do anything at scale you’ll need to have a multi-year strategy
🎤Why building relationships with key stakeholders/business leaders is essential for success
🎤The importance of validating your problem statement
🎤Why you need to develop a “front door process”
🎤The challenge of not being a P&L centre
🎤Why you need to tie the value of your work to key business projects
🎤Why it’s critical to align your data team to the business teams they’re serving
🎤Why your team need autonomy
🎤Why the Data Leader shouldn’t own all the relationships with the business
🎤The benefits of having a multi-disciplinary team
🎤Being able to attract career changers
🎤How to communicate your success and why you need to market yourself
🎤Knowing if you’ve got the buy-in of the business
🎤Measuring how you’re tracking against your data strategy
🎤Why you should never lose sight of the long-term
🎤The likely traps that can derail your data strategy
🎤The importance of your data teams ‘store front’
🎤The relationship between culture and buy-in
