Model of the Month - with Tim Carmichael

Personal Professional Practical - Inspirational Insightful Ideas

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Tim Carmichael - The Profile

Today, we are privileged to be joined by Tim Carmichael.

Tim is currently leading an amazing data team that is helping Chalhoub Group - world renowned premium jewellery and luxury brand - accelerate their data transformation, create value and find even more ways to delight their wonderful customers.Tim embodies the fundamentals of a growth mindset and describes himself by what he learns. Most recently, he has learnt that, as a Data Leader:

1. It's not just about data, it's about culture too. Many business areas are concerned that being "data-driven" is a leap of faith that supplants business leaders' hard-earned judgement. The trick is to turn the conversation into one where data moves to the heart of their business; they don't have to relinquish ownership to see how harnessing data can be transformational.
2. Keeping the message simple and compelling is vital. He has added most value as both evangelist and interpreter. Being passionate about the role of data throughout the organisation needs to be coupled with the communications skill to be equally fluent on both sides of the business user - technical provider divide. Otherwise there's only a dialogue of the deaf.
3. Data is most relevant when it is exploited to generate business value. Without a clear link between benefits and underpinning data, any data effort will just look like a cost centre.

Getting Personal - with Tim Carmichael

In today's interview, we dive straight into Tim's personal experiences by employing a mix of quick fires and provocative questioning to ensure great flow without losing the opportunity to gain helpful substance. It starts by getting straight into the sophisticated interactions between Tim's personal and work lives.

It exposes revealing insights - including the significance of the stark difference between Saturday mornings and Sunday evenings, Tim's goto source of knowledge, a choice between traditional paperbacks and tech apps, and addressing the trending controversial debates that pitch Man against Machine.

Being Professional

What Work Does To You

How can we make things less complicated? Here, we jump into the professional. Here, Tim not only shares deep insights about how he makes things less complicated but also shares his professional journey with inspirational stories of his transition between roles and his acquisition of new competencies.

It is action packed with gripping stories from being rocketed of a rooftop in Basra, Iraq, to solving data forecasting and computational?problems in the east African plains of Kenya.

Strategy & Transformation

As we delve ever deeper into the professional, Tim not only generously shares his perspective but also provides actionable strategies for how we can flip challenges to successes in our individual journeys.

Beyond tackling such contentious subjects - such as the strategy versus hands-on dilemma, how to approach talent, and the build versus buy conundrum - Tim exposes his non-linear journey towards being a data leader and becoming a serial CDO.

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This section rounds of the interview with sound advice - including the best and worth professional advice Tim has ever received.

More about Tim...

You can connect with Tim on @LinkedIn

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