Driven by Data: The Podcast

S3 | Ep 8 | Modern Day Data Leadership; Business, People & Culture with Vijay Yadav, Director, Quantitative Sciences; Data, Digital & Analytics, at Merck


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In Episode 8 of Season 3, of Driven By Data: The Podcast, Kyle Winterbottom is joined by Vijay Yadav, Director, Quantitative Sciences; Data, Digital & Analytics, at Merck, where they discuss what modern-day data leadership should consist of, which includes; 

  • The reality of why most data initiatives don’t start from the business objective, despite everyone knowing that should be the starting point  
  • Why many Data Leaders don’t really understand what the business wants  
  • Why ‘the business' should be in the driver’s seat, at least in the passenger seat, but not in the trunk/boot (where it often is)  
  • Why Data Leaders are often guilty of mystifying data for business leaders/consumers  
  • How he learnt the hard way by delivering many technical projects that failed  
  • Why your success as a Data Leader is directly linked to the ability of the people you can attract and retain  
  • Why ‘People’ trumps both ‘Process’ and ‘Technology’  
  • The tangible benefits of putting people first  
  • The fundamentals of retaining great people  
  • What Data Culture really means  
  • Why culture can’t be “changed” 
  • The relationship between culture and literacy  
  • The role of internal data communities in building a great data culture  
  • Practical tips on how to build one effectively   

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