S4 | Ep 5 | Getting Data & Analytics into the Boardroom with Kate Sargent, Chief Data Officer at The Financial Times

<p>In Episode 5, of Season 4, of Driven by Data: The Podcast, Kyle Winterbottom is joined by Kate Sargent, Chief Data Officer at The Financial Times, where they discuss the importance of getting data into the boardroom to ensure D&amp;A success, which includes;</p><ul><li>Why data strategies often articulate the role that data can play and not often what it will play</li><li>What should be included in your data strategy </li><li>Understanding the business strategy and objectives if it’s not obvious </li><li>Why D&amp;A teams need to constantly reinvent themselves </li><li>Why you need to befriend your commercial/finance colleagues </li><li>Transcend D&amp;A into the boardroom by meeting people where they are </li><li>Why it’s imperative that you’re easy to work /do business with </li><li>The need for a voice in the boardroom for D&amp;A to be successful </li><li>Why very few other functions have or need a strategy but data still does </li><li>Why new tools and techniques should be additive, not substitutional </li><li>Why the “old school” work is still where the most value is derived </li><li>Why finding the right balance of the team structure will underpin the success of any Data Leader &nbsp;</li><li>The importance of staying alert to disengagement </li><li>Identifying the issues and choosing the solution to fix them</li><li>Why ‘data product’ demonstrates the growing-up of data as a discipline </li><li>The differences between ‘data product’ and ‘data as a product’ and why the differentiation matters</li><li>Driving top-down and bottom-up</li><li>Why data is viewed as important but not urgent (and how to create urgency)</li><li>The power of demonstrating the risk of missed opportunities to drive change </li></ul><br/>