S3 | Ep 17 | Building a Data Function From Scratch - The Differences Between Big and Small Organisations with Colm O'Grada, Director of Data & Analytics at Tines

<p>In Episode 17 of Season 3, of Driven By Data: The Podcast, Kyle Winterbottom is joined by Colm O'Grada, Director of Data &amp; Analytics at Tines, where they discuss the differences in building a high-impact Data &amp; Analytics capability between a large (Google) and small (Tines) organisations (Tines), which includes;&nbsp;</p><ul><li>The key differences between building teams in big organisations to small teams </li><li>The journey from Google to Tines</li><li>Contrast with ‘adopting’ teams in larger companies</li><li>The pro's and cons of having a much smaller bench</li><li>Being the first data hire in a growing organisation</li><li>Why you need to be more versatile in a smaller company </li><li>The importance of being hyper focussed</li><li>Focusing on breadth versus depth</li><li>Why trends don’t really matter for most companies</li><li>What trends might mean for data workers</li><li>Organisational structure of data teams </li><li>The cynicism around the current tech layoffs </li><li>Why being invited to meetings is a sign of someone who’s doing their job well </li><li>The importance of data in times of uncertainty </li><li>Why all data functions aren’t built equally </li><li>Getting the balance right between generalist V specialist roles</li></ul><br/>