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The episode discusses the challenges data teams face in delivering commercial impact and the importance of clear mandates from leadership.

In Episode 9 of Season 7 of Driven by Data: The Podcast, Kyle Winterbottom was joined by Keith Moody, a renowned Data & AI Executive, where they discuss the relationship between the mandate of the CDAO and the results that data and analytics teams continue to deliver, which includes; How the absence of a clear value delivery mandate is the root cause of data being treated as a cost centre rather than a business asset. Why most CDO mandates are designed based on what organisations think the job is, not what it actually needs to be to generate commercial impact. How Keith built four analytics organisations across two companies and delivered over $500 million in incremental annual value. Why the data function's reporting line is rarely neutral, and how a once-thriving value-delivery team was reduced to an order-taking service desk. How convincing leadership that "no analytics could happen until data was perfect" brought an entire organisation to a standstill. Why CDOs who push for commercial accountability in interview processes face a catch-22. Why most interview processes focus on capability over delivery expectations leaving the value mandate undefined from day one. Why you…

People in this episode

Host: Kyle Winterbottom

Guest: Keith Moody

Topics covered

• data teams
• commercial impact
• analytics
• CDAO
• value delivery
• CDO mandates
• organizational structure

Keywords

• data analytics
• CDAO
• CDO
• commercial accountability
• value delivery
• analytics organizations
• data governance

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Orbition Group

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