S4 | Ep 17 | Finding Your Purpose as a Data Leader with Antje Bustamante, VP Data at Funding Circle

In Episode 17, of Season 4, of Driven by Data: The Podcast, Kyle Winterbottom is joined by Antje Bustamante, VP of Data at Funding Circle, where they discuss the role of "leadership" in Data & Analytics, which includes;

• Why the fun comes from generating revenue for your business and giving people amazing careers
• Why businesses don’t ask for data transformation
• Learning from personal experience the CDO/Data Leader role is undefined
• Why titles are often intentionally misused
• Why your customers won’t tell you what their problems are
• The importance of understanding commercial drivers and how your business makes money
• Changing the mindset that data isn’t a problem it’s an opportunity
• How data events are always focused on technology, yet you can’t find much on the topic of leadership
• Why aspiring leaders are concerned about losing their technical skills when they shouldn’t be
• The ability to change habits and mindsets
• Why D&A is misunderstood and is often the starting point of most of our challenges
• Why there is too much entitlement in Data & Analytics Leadership
• Data Leaders need to be ready to take on the job of educating people
• Why managing and leading are two different things
• The challenges of promoting high-performing ICs into management
• How 82% of all managers have never had any management training
• The importance of having leadership values
• Why it’s OK to ask for help and you don’t have to know it all
• Why attracting and retaining great talent is the hardest part of leadership
• Finding a way to that seat if your role doesn’t grant you one
• As maturity increases, the less the Data Leadership role should be needed
• Why data needs strong representation to be seen as a success
• Why the NED market for Data Leaders is quite hot
• Why commercial organisations will only truly understand the value of data when we help them make more money
• Why the Data Leadership role could be dead in 5 years
• The importance of personal development and upskilling as a leader
• Why she qualified as a career coach to become a better leader
• Why your success is directly linked to the success of your people
• Why data leaders need to change their network and bubble

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