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

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&A success, which includes;Why data strategies often articulate the role that data can play and not often what it will playWhat should be included in your data strategy Understanding the business strategy and objectives if it’s not obvious Why D&A teams need to constantly reinvent themselves Why you need to befriend your commercial/finance colleagues Transcend D&A into the boardroom by meeting people where they are Why it’s imperative that you’re easy to work /do business with The need for a voice in the boardroom for D&A to be successful Why very few other functions have or need a strategy but data still does Why new tools and techniques should be additive, not substitutional Why the “old school” work is still where the most value is derived Why finding the right balance of the team structure will underpin the success of any Data Leader  The importance of staying alert to disengagement Identifying the issues and choosing the solution to fix themWhy ‘data product’ demonstrates the growing-up of data as a discipline The differences between ‘data product’ and ‘data as a product’ and why the differentiation mattersDriving top-down and bottom-upWhy data is viewed as important but not urgent (and how to create urgency)The power of demonstrating the risk of missed opportunities to drive change