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Episode 19

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26th Jan 2021

Ep 19 | The Problem with Data; Academia or Expectations? with Simon Hayter, Partner & Group Head of Data at Knight Frank

In Episode 19 of Driven by Data: The Podcast, Kyle Winterbottom is joined by Simon Hayter, Partner & Group Head of Data at Knight Frank, where they discuss some of the major problems the Data & Analytics industry is currently facing.

In a world where most organisations require data professionals to be many things to many people, Simon outlines some of his concerns and the role which academia plays, which includes:

  • Why you should be customer-driven, not data-driven
  • Why you need to understand what you need from your data function
  • The importance of "pulling" and not "pushing"
  • How all data roles are equal
  • Why most organisations put "big-tech" companies on a pedestal
  • Why you should view data as you do money
  • That the grass isn't always greener
  • Why you'll never have a finished product
  • How the lines have become blurred in regards to skill-sets
  • Why the same person can't own Analytics & Compliance
  • The need to bring data literacy to all academic subjects
  • Why "data courses" are setting up the future generations for failure
  • How consultancies instigated the data hype
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About the Podcast

Driven by Data: The Podcast
Designed for Data Enthusiasts to hear from the Data & Analytics industry's thought leaders
Orbition Group is delighted to bring you this podcast series, which is designed for Data Enthusiasts, to hear from some of the most high-profile Data, Analytics and AI thought leaders from around the globe.

Each episode will detail the guests journey to the top while bringing unique insights, drawn from first-hand experience on the industry’s most trending topics.

This podcast was created as a way for our industry's most respected leadership figures from across the world to give back to the Data & Analytics community, by sharing; knowledge, experiences and ideas, to inspire, innovate and provide real-life use cases on the industries most pressing topics/challenges.

About your host

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Kyle Winterbottom

Founder of Orbition Group, a Search and Talent Solutions business that operates exclusively within the world of Data, Analytics & AI.

I am hugely passionate about enabling organisations to drive decisions and obtain value from the use of Data, Analytics & Artificial Intelligence.

As such, I believe it is imperative that as a community, we share; knowledge, ideas, real-life use cases and inspiration to collectively give back to our industry.

Given my fortunate position of speaking with hundreds, if not thousands of leadership figures within the global Data & Analytics community each year , I feel it is my duty to share the successes, failures, challenges and opportunities.

Therefore, I have positioned Orbition Group to be a facilitator of that knowledge sharing, through these podcasts, events we host and public speaking.