Driven by Data: The Podcast

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Orbition Group is delighted to bring you this podcast series, which is designed for Data Enthusiasts, to hear from some of the most high-profile Data, Analytics and AI thought leaders from around the globe. Each episode will detail the guests journey to the top while bringing unique insights, drawn from first-hand experience on the industry’s most trending topics. This podcast was created as a way for our industry's most respected leadership figures from across the world to give back to the Data & Analytics community, by sharing; knowledge, experiences and ideas, to inspire, innovate and provide real-life use cases on the industries most pressing topics/challenges.

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  1. EPISODE 1

    S7 | Ep 1 | Accelerating the Speed of Value Delivery with Kevin Cassar, Chief Data Officer at TalkTalk

    In Episode 1, of Season 7 of Driven by Data: The Podcast, Kyle Winterbottom was joined by Kevin Cassar, Chief Data Officer at TalkTalk, where they discuss how to accelerate the speed of value delivery, which includes; Why speed to value is becoming as important as ROI itselfThe macroeconomic and GenAI forces increasing pressure on delivery timelinesHow TalkTalk’s data strategy is focused on profitability, trust, and customer satisfactionThe “triangle of value”: data, business action, and financial outcomesWhy federated data operating models can accelerate adoption and executionThe balance between experimentation and implementation at scaleHow governance should act as an enabler, not a blocker, to faster deliveryThe pyramid framework linking ExCo priorities to data products and modelsWhy culture, psychological safety, and upskilling are critical to speedThe five pillars of organisational readiness for faster value creationReal examples of reducing delivery from 12 months to under 8 weeksKevin’s three practical leadership principles: vision, collaboration, and investing in peopleWhy ExCo maturity and sponsorship are the hidden drivers of speed to valueHow direct CEO access materially reduces time from idea to productionWhy poor data foundations still kill speed, regardless of AI ambitionWhy adoption velocity, not just build velocity, determines realised value

    45 min
  2. S7: E1, Data Debrief: Speed of ROI, The AI Land Grab & Are We Thinking Less?

    EPISODE 1 BONUS

    S7: E1, Data Debrief: Speed of ROI, The AI Land Grab & Are We Thinking Less?

    Welcome to the very first episode of Data Debrief, the companion show to Driven By Data: The Podcast, where hosts Kyle Winterbottom and Catherine Dowden-King sit down every Thursday to unpack Tuesday's episode, share what's been on their minds, and discuss what's really happening across the data and AI market. In this debut episode, Kyle and Catherine reflect on Tuesday's conversation with Kevin Cassar, diving deeper into the themes that sparked the most discussion, and a few that didn't make it into the main episode. They cover: Why the data conversation is shifting from delivering ROI to accelerating it, and what that means for data leaders still stuck in output-factory modeThe growing pressure on organisations to be seen doing AI, regardless of whether it's actually delivering value, and why the optics of inaction are now costlier than wasting budgetThe internal land grab between CDOs and CIOs over who owns AI, and why the answer is often more cultural than technicalWhy rolling out enterprise ChatGPT to an entire bank doesn't necessarily mean your organisation is embracing AIKevin's people-first philosophy, and why understanding where your team actually sits on the AI adoption curve matters more than having an aggressive strategyThe evolving role of the data professional: from coder to builder, from report-puller to AI quality controller Plus, in their new Thoughts of the Week segment, Catherine raises a question that's hard to shake: are we over-optimising our downtime? From boiling water taps to washing up, she makes the case that friction isn't always the enemy, and that some of our best thinking happens precisely when we're not being productive. Kyle agrees and admits most of his best ideas arrive at 3am or are written on a shower panel. Like and subscribe wherever you listen, and if you've got a question or topic you'd like Kyle and Catherine to cover, email the team at community@orbitiongroup.com

    33 min
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Orbition Group is delighted to bring you this podcast series, which is designed for Data Enthusiasts, to hear from some of the most high-profile Data, Analytics and AI thought leaders from around the globe. Each episode will detail the guests journey to the top while bringing unique insights, drawn from first-hand experience on the industry’s most trending topics. This podcast was created as a way for our industry's most respected leadership figures from across the world to give back to the Data & Analytics community, by sharing; knowledge, experiences and ideas, to inspire, innovate and provide real-life use cases on the industries most pressing topics/challenges.

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