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Episode 17

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28th Feb 2023

S3 | Ep 17 | Building a Data Function From Scratch - The Differences Between Big and Small Organisations with Colm O'Grada, Director of Data & Analytics at Tines

In Episode 17 of Season 3, of Driven By Data: The Podcast, Kyle Winterbottom is joined by Colm O'Grada, Director of Data & Analytics at Tines, where they discuss the differences in building a high-impact Data & Analytics capability between a large (Google) and small (Tines) organisations (Tines), which includes; 

  • The key differences between building teams in big organisations to small teams
  • The journey from Google to Tines
  • Contrast with ‘adopting’ teams in larger companies
  • The pro's and cons of having a much smaller bench
  • Being the first data hire in a growing organisation
  • Why you need to be more versatile in a smaller company
  • The importance of being hyper focussed
  • Focusing on breadth versus depth
  • Why trends don’t really matter for most companies
  • What trends might mean for data workers
  • Organisational structure of data teams
  • The cynicism around the current tech layoffs
  • Why being invited to meetings is a sign of someone who’s doing their job well
  • The importance of data in times of uncertainty
  • Why all data functions aren’t built equally
  • Getting the balance right between generalist V specialist roles
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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.

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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.