In Episode 40 of Season 3, of Driven by Data: The Podcast, Kyle Winterbottom is joined by, Deepak Jose, Global Senior Director, Head of One Demand Data Analytics Solutions at Mars Wrigley, where they discuss how to create a value-first mindset to break down organisational silo’s, which includes;
- Creating a single source of truth
- The ‘one-demand’ mindset
- How the concept of Ikigai led him to Mars
- How to understand, identify and prioritise business problems that add value
- Moving from reducing costs to creating profit and growth
- The importance of building relationships with functional leaders
- The 70, 20, 10 principle which dictates where investment and resource is directed
- Being “value-driven” despite the hype of being “data-driven”
- What constitutes value
- The concept of the 'balance scorecard' to create KPI’s that generate value
- The story of the Honduran Bridge and the relationship with Data Products
- White Box Building and Interoperability
- Investing in Change Management
- Why value-realisation is a team sport
- Why you need to build to adapt not build to last to break down silos
- Building a Gen AI Operating Model that drives a value-first approach
- The Gen AI Framework; do things, do things better and do better things
- The learnings of a 20+ year career of working at giants like Coca-Cola and Mars
- The importance of challenging the status quo
- Why you should be a Gazelle and not a Lion!
