Episode 7

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19th Dec 2023

S4 | Ep 7 | Servant Leadership; The Key to Value Creation with Tim Carmichael, Chief Data Officer at Chaloub Group

In Episode 7, of Season 4, of Driven by Data: The Podcast, Kyle Winterbottom is joined by Tim Carmichael, Chief Data Officer at Chaloub Group, where they discuss the role of servant leadership in Data & Analytics success, which includes;

  • Being the first CDO in the British Army
  • Why the remit of all CDOs should be to enable evidence-based decision-making
  • Solving the challenge of helping organisations find the tantalisingly out-of-reach value
  • Why servant leadership is the type of leadership needed to get value from data
  • What servant leadership is NOT!
  • Why to be a servant leader you need to have a fundamental shift in mindset
  • Why you have to play to your people’s strengths and not agonise over their weaknesses
  • People are 6 x more effective if they’re playing to their strengths
  • Why you have to help people understand the context of decisions
  • The twin facets of the role of the Data Leader
  • The role of trusting partnerships and the importance of communication
  • Why you can never get to value without trust
  • How moving away from “then and us” is the secret sauce to unlocking value
  • The difference between leadership, line management and mentorship
  • To be a great influencer you need humility and courage
  • Why being an enabler doesn’t mean you’re less important
  • Why, amateurs talk tactics, professionals talk logistics
  • Why Gen AI is unlocking awareness of Data Literacy
  • Why ruling through fear means you can kiss goodbye to innovation
  • How servant leadership is not servile
  • Aligning team structure and operating model to play to people’s strengths
  • Why communication is just a form of marketing
  • Learning the hard way that beauty is in the eye of the beholder
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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.