Conducting a data orchestra - Peter Thomas

Published: Aug. 22, 2018, 10:22 a.m.

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Peter is an award-winning analytics/ data executive who has held the top data job at either group or divisional levels since 2000.

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Peter is a globally recognised expert in data management, analytics, big data, business intelligence, data warehousing and driving business value via technology. His background in maths has equipped with a rigorous, analytical approach to learning skills from the ground up. Peter knows that if you truly want to understand a new topic or tech you cannot skip the fundamentals, something that is all too easy today due to the number of tools at the disposal of a data team.

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Using an orchestra as an analogy Peter acts as the conductor and lays out the roles and responsibilities of a Head of Data with Andy on the show.

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Show Notes:

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00.37 How do you choose what tool to use for your analytics?

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03.04 Are we missing learning the fundamentals of the tech we operate?

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08.26 What makes individuals valuable from a data perspective?\\n \\n11.55 The introduction of the CDO role.

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12.30 Great technical people don\\u2019t always make the best managers.

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17.23 Managing internal change in a company.

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20.42 What are you writing about at the moment?

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24.09 Data cannot solve all our problems.

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29.23 Executing on your data plan.

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32.59 Finding great data talent.

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