Let's Get Data Done

Episodes

1. 12

   Why Data Definitions Are Crucial - Getting Data Done with Christopher Chin

   In each 'Getting Data Done' episode, I chat with real data people about a data challenge or opportunity they experienced, how they tackled it, and how it turned out. This time I chat with the wonderful Christopher Chin, who certainly knows a thing or two about how to communicate with data! That's...

   Mar 15, 2023

   25m
2. 11

   Ep11 - The framework for becoming truly data-driven

   4dDX is a strategic data capability framework which provides a blueprint for becoming truly data-driven, and not just data-busy! Data capabilities are the keys for unlocking data value, because if you don't have the right mix or strength of data capabilities to achieve your data-driven goals…

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   Feb 21, 2023

   16m
3. 10

   Ep10 - A data-driven way to be be more data-driven

   In episode 9, I talked about three ways to define what data capabilities your business needs. But it's also important to know how much of each data capability your business needs. The key question is, "How strong do my data capabilities need to be?" Many businesses simply guess at that. Others...

   Jan 30, 2023

   11m
4. 9

   Ep9 - How to define data capabilities

   In the previous episode, I talked about how to define your data goals based on the business goals they're meant to drive. I said that becoming truly data-driven is a matter of answering two key questions: 1 - How can data help us to achieve our business goals? 2 - What needs to be done to make…

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   Jan 23, 2023

   7m
5. 8

   Ep8 - How to set meaningful data goals

   Setting clear data goals is a surprisingly common challenge. It sounds like it should be easy, right? After all, so many people in the business are calling out for what sound like data goals, such as enhanced analytics or improved data services... But honing those kinds of high-level data…

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   Jan 10, 2023

   11m
6. 7

   Ep7 - Being data-driven starts with this one crucial step

   "We need to be more data-driven!" is something we hear almost every business say these days. But it's become a bit of of a throwaway catchphrase... A lot of businesses find it hard to actually become data-driven, not because they don't have the right skills or technology, but simply because they...

   Jan 3, 2023

   8m
7. 6

   Ep6 - Data Strategy Principles

   If you incorporate these key principles into your data strategy, then it’ll be much more likely that your data strategy will be read, supported, agreed and implemented - in ways that help your business to achieve its goals! There’s 12 principles, so let’s go! 1. The ultimate role of data, is to...

   Aug 26, 2022

   13m
8. 5

   Ep5 - Know What? So What? Now What?

   If you're a data leader, I'm sure you'd love a fast, simple, cheap, and effective way of making sure that all of the data insights in your business are relevant, actionable, and well-adopted. What if I told you that there's a way you can achieve precisely that, just by saying four simple words?...

   Aug 13, 2022

   15m
9. 4

   Ep4 - A recipe for data strategy success

   If you're creating or updating your data strategy, then this one's for you! Like most things in life, there's a right way and many wrong ways to construct a data strategy. Thankfully, the recipe for a successful data strategy is quite straightforward... when you know how. In this episode, I'll...

   Aug 2, 2022

   14m
10. 3

    Ep3 - How to build reports and dashboards that actually benefit your business

    It's one of the oldest and stickiest data management problems - how to create reports and dashboards that are completely relevant, that people actually use, and create measurable business benefit? If your business is awash with analytics that are seldom used, and dashboards that are just…

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    Jul 19, 2022

    30m
11. 2

    Ep2 - The 4dDX Data Strategy Framework

    For a data strategy to be effective at creating the changes that will make your business truly data-driven, it must at the same time be both simple enough for people to understand and support, and comprehensive enough to be implementable. So how on earth do we do THAT?! 4dDX is the answer. It's a...

    Jul 14, 2022

    23m
12. 1

    Ep1 - Data Driven not Data Busy

    So you want your business to be data-driven? Sure, who doesn't! But have you considered that there's an opposite situation? It's called 'data-busy', and you don't want to end up there... In this first episode, I describe the differences between data-driven and data-busy, I talk about why it...

    Jul 13, 2022

    20m