In Episode 15 of Season 3, of Driven By Data: The Podcast, Kyle Winterbottom is joined by Paul Evangelista, Chief Data Officer at United States Military Academy at West Point, where they discuss how the armed forces are using Data & Analytics to drive innovation, which includes;
- The role of Data in the current US Military Academy
- How Data has played a role in the military since the early 1900’s
- The maturity journey of Data and Analytics in the US military
- The trackers used to measure adoption and usage of Data & Systems
- What the success metrics look like in that environment
- The importance of empowering leaders at all levels
- The importance of culture and executive support
- Why becoming 'data-centric' is second on the priority list of the US Army
- How the armed forces innovate
- Examples of how Data was used in the World Wars
- Why the US Government is hiring leaders from the world’s biggest tech players
- How the US military has a culture of innovation of change
- The role of data on the war in Ukraine
- How they calculate ROI in their field
- Why we need to focus on decision literacy not data literacy
- The gap that exists in the D&A industry
