When you walk into an executive's office with a key data initiative, they listen.
Once you step into data leadership, your problems become less about technology.
The technology questions are still challenging, but even when those questions are answered, you might be stuck. The best technology and data solutions hit brick walls at the same key point.
Lack of organizational buy-in.
That brick wall shows up in dozens of ways. No budget approval. Excessively long budget approval. No availability for stakeholders to meet. Uninterested executive leadership. Refusal to consider new tools or solutions. Frustration with you when you try to introduce something new. Resistance when you pick a solution that wasn’t their first choice.
And on.
And on.
It goes.
Being an effective data leader means taking on technical challenges, in the context of an entire organization or other teams, technologies, leaders, products, projects, and customers.
This is why you must start by understanding the function, strategy, and purpose of data within an organization.
Fundamental concepts about why your organization exists, what purpose data plays, how incentives create or reduce friction, and how you move your data team into strategic alignment.
Then, you are empowered with a strategic perspective on data in your organization.
So when you walk into an executive's office with a key data initiative, they listen.
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This is where we start the Technical and Strategic Data Leader. And these concepts flow through every conversation we have throughout the cohort.
Here’s what Daniel (a Solution Architect) said after our first cohort:
“I found that it helped me come up with the talking points for the next time we need to explain data projects to the senior leadership. I recommend the TSLD to those who need a high-level understanding of the strategic place of data in an organization”
You don’t just care about data technology. You care about data influencing and improving core areas of your organization.
Join us for the next cohort of starting July 16th and ending August 20th.
Expert perspective, intensive learning environment, collaborative experience.
Registration opens next week. Get on the waitlist now. Seats are limited.
I’m here,
Sawyer
from The Data Shop
