Driven by Data | The Newsletter | Edition 101!
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Welcome to episode 101 of Driven by Data | The Newsletter!
This week we have another great podcast, an exciting LinkedIn Live being hosted, an exclusive webinar announcement with ThoughtSpot, celebrating our 'Women to Watch in Data', an article from a podcast discussion, and another suspect data joke!
This Weeks Driven By Data: The Podcast episode
In Episode 14, of Season 5 of Driven By Data: The Podcast, Kyle Winterbottom is joined by Bhagya Reddy, Executive Director of Empowerment and Collaboration at Virgin Media O2, where they discuss how having a role focused on empowerment and collaboration is the secret to data democratisation, which includes, coming from a deep technical background and moving into a business facing role, how you know when you're doing data democratisation correctly, the key KPIs of data democratisation, building the Data University at VMO2, measuring the effectiveness of democratisation, the importance of decommissioning data products, the need for skills-based hiring, structured returnship programmes and fostering an inclusive data culture, plus much more!
Shining the Spotlight on 'Women to Watch in Data'
Last week's Women to Watch in Data was, Teresa Ashforth - Interim NPCC Head of Data at UK Home Office ??
This weekly feature elevates the amazing female talent in the global data, analytics, and AI community.
Nominated by Aimee Smith , who said;
"Teresa has campaigned tirelessly for 16 years to build three critical capabilities for policing to succeed with data.
?1) A high quality data set which is trustworthy and reliable
2) championing the belief that data brings business value and
3) getting sustainable funding in a national data capability.
This years sees all that come to fruition as she heads the FIRST permanent cross-law enforcement Data & Analytics office.
A data legend in both Home Office and Policing sector alike."
We're always looking for our community to shine the spotlight on the fantastic female talent we have in this industry! If you wish to nominate someone, you can do so here ??
REMINDER: LinkedIn Live
The Evolving Data Leadership Landscape; What it Means for your Career!
This one is not to be missed ??
?? Join Kyle Winterbottom & Julia Westland for an informative LinkedIn Live event as we dive into the evolving Data & Analytic Leadership market and what that may mean for your career ????
?? Meet Julia Westland...Julia spent 15 years operating in the Data & Analytics industry before joining Spencer Stuart as a head-hunter where she led their Digital Technology, AI, Analytics & Data Practice in this space for over 6 years. She now is an executive career coach helping Data & Analytics Leaders to be more successful at work!
?? What we'll explore:
?The current Data Leadership talent market/job landscape
?The future of the CDO/Data Leader role
?Optimising your CV/Resume
?Strategic job searching fundamentals
?Navigating the dreaded ATS
?Communicating your Value
?? Expertly hosted by Kyle Winterbottom, CEO & Founder of Orbition Group, alongside Julia Westland this dynamic session will uncover how data leaders can position themselves for success in the current climate.
Save the date and register to join this insightful discussion!
REMINDER : Exclusive Webinar: ThoughtSpot x Driven by Data Community
In our Driven by Data: The Mentorship WhatsApp channel, there was an entire thread around LLM's, RAG and Text2SQL. A few of our members brought up ThoughtSpot as a tool that is helping them address some of these challenges and there was appetite for people to understand more.
So, we partnered with ThoughtSpot to create an exclusive webinar for Driven by Data Community members only.
We'll be taking a look at ThoughtSpot as tool, understanding what it can do, learning about specific use cases and also address how the Text2SQL feature is helping organisations in the era of LLMs.
If you're interested in getting involved then please contact a member of the team.
?? Earning The License To Operate: A Seat at the Table! ??
The role of Chief Data Officer (CDO) and data leaders within businesses is evolving.
Once seen as back-office functions focused on compliance and governance, data and analytics now play a pivotal role in driving commercial success. But how does a data leader earn a seat at the executive table?
In a recent episode of Driven By Data: The Podcast, Roshan Awatar, Managing Director for Group Data & Analytics at Sky, shared insights into his career journey and the strategies that have helped him secure a strong foothold in executive decision-making.
?? Read the full article below
Weekly Data Joke...
And of course, our data joke this week...
Why did the AI break up with its chatbot girlfriend?
Because she kept giving it mixed signals! ??
See you next week!
Kyle Winterbottom and Orbition Group!!! Newsletter #101 is as fresh and vibrant as Newsletter #1. One might think years of fixing Data Talent acquisition might have worn the team down. BUT NO. --- Great start to tease us with an announcement about a LinkedIn Live with ThoughtSpot... and to follow with Driven By Data: The Podcast with Bhagya Reddy who is more than ready and driving data democratization... Data Reddyness... and culture at Virgin Media O2 as Exec Director for Empowerment and Collaboration. It's refreshing that while people scratch their heads to try and figure out what data products are... Bhagya has figured out when to retire data products that have served and are no longer useful. I'd say that is a valuable skill. --- AND all eyes on Teresa Ashforth making sense of data to enforce law by. Detection is everything and you CAN use data to predict... prevent... prescribe... and to serve and protect. --- And go west... I mean go Westland (Julia Westland) for Data & Analytic Leadership. _-- And Roshan Awatar explains how data leaders can get a seat at the executive decision-making table. --- And there is the Joke. It would be great if one could BOTtle Orbition Group's sense of humour. (Note spelling).
Wow, there's a lot going on!
We really enjoyed our conversation with Bhagya Reddy
100 Most Influential People in Data x3 | Building Data, Analytics & AI Leadership Teams and Capabilities that Deliver Tangible Business Value | Consulting | Founder of 'Driven by Data' Community - 1500+ CDO Network
11 小时前A busy week!