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7th Apr 2026

S7 | Ep 1 | Accelerating the Speed of Value Delivery with Kevin Cassar, Chief Data Officer at TalkTalk

In Episode 1, of Season 7 of Driven by Data: The Podcast, Kyle Winterbottom was joined by Kevin Cassar, Chief Data Officer at TalkTalk, where they discuss how to accelerate the speed of value delivery, which includes;

  • Why speed to value is becoming as important as ROI itself
  • The macroeconomic and GenAI forces increasing pressure on delivery timelines
  • How TalkTalk’s data strategy is focused on profitability, trust, and customer satisfaction
  • The “triangle of value”: data, business action, and financial outcomes
  • Why federated data operating models can accelerate adoption and execution
  • The balance between experimentation and implementation at scale
  • How governance should act as an enabler, not a blocker, to faster delivery
  • The pyramid framework linking ExCo priorities to data products and models
  • Why culture, psychological safety, and upskilling are critical to speed
  • The five pillars of organisational readiness for faster value creation
  • Real examples of reducing delivery from 12 months to under 8 weeks
  • Kevin’s three practical leadership principles: vision, collaboration, and investing in people
  • Why ExCo maturity and sponsorship are the hidden drivers of speed to value
  • How direct CEO access materially reduces time from idea to production
  • Why poor data foundations still kill speed, regardless of AI ambition
  • Why adoption velocity, not just build velocity, determines realised value
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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.

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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.