How to be a Data Cheerleader with Caroline Carruthers, Co-Author of The Chief Data Officer's Playbook

Anxiety about math. For most Americans, it’s so deeply ingrained it’s practically a personality trait. Unfortunately, this fear can linger in our psyches as we age. But, thankfully, Data Radicals like Caroline Carruthers are here to confront that fear and educate our data-anxious peers.

Caroline is the co-author of “The Chief Data Officer's Playbook,” and today she’s explaining why CDOs play a crucial role in building a data-based organization. She shares advice on how to be an effective CDO, and promote data literacy so people embrace data-driven decision making at your company, and much more.

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"Spend time with your stakeholders and talk to them about data. Relax them, take them out for coffee and cake, sit there and just get to know them as a person and ask them about what they're trying to do." - Caroline Carruthers

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Time Stamps

* (0:04) Being a data cheerleader

* (2:39) How to be an effective CDO

* (8:45) Finding your data skillset 

* (11:59) Turning your stakeholders into Data Radicals

* (14:40) Teaching data literacy to your organization

* (20:18) Raising the next generation of Data Radicals

* (26:23) Meeting people where they are

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Sponsor

This podcast is presented by Alation.

Learn more:

* Data Radicals: https://www.alation.com/podcast/

* Alation’s LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/company/alation/

* Satyen’s LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ssangani/

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Links

Connect with Caroline on LinkedIn

Check out Carruthers and Jackson