Timothy Stanley: Stakeholder buy-in is a challenge for data and analytics professionals. He says they often think so great, I'm bought in. So go give me those insights. Like there's just this like gaping chasm because they say, "I agree to use the data" But he adds that if you cannot find anyone in business today who doesn't want to be data driven, it's an impossible ask.
This topic was such a big deal that we managed to have no guests, and yet we had five people on the mic! Why? Because this episode doubles as a marker of a shift in the show itself. Beyond that, though, we had a lively discussion about how every business stakeholder professes to being committed to being data driven. That should make every stakeholder super easy to work with, right? And, yet, analysts often find themselves struggling to get on the same page with their counterparts due to the realities of the data: what it can and can't do and how it is most effectively worked with. Not a small topic! There were even pop quizzes (feel free to let us know how you'd score the answers)! For complete show notes, including links to items mentioned in this episode and a transcript of the show, visit the show page.