Ep 4 | Creating Data Culture with Catherine Wilks, Practice Area Lead for Data & Analytics - Slalom Consulting

This week on Data Leaders of the North; The Podcast, we are joined by Catherine Wilks, the Practice Area Lead for Data & Analytics at Slalom Consulting where we discuss the key considerations of ‘Creating a Data Culture’

Catherine provides a great insight of her journey into the world of Data & Analytics and a great overview on a brilliant career to date, in addition to:

  • The key challenges and benefits of creating a culture of data
  • How there isn’t a one-size-fits-all approach to embedding a culture of data
  • Why an organisations “data maturity” is important in outlining the strategy
  • Experimentation, Innovation and Literacy’ relationship with creating a data culture
  • How appointing a “Data Leader” isn’t “job done”
  • That to truly have a data culture, everybody in the organisation must “buy-in”
  • Why the location of data talent can play a huge part
  • The importance of having “Data Champions”
  • That large scale transformation often isn’t the answer
  • Why having a great data culture can add value beyond the classic drivers (revenue, cost, efficiencies)

Get in touch: You can reach Kyle at k.winterbottom@lawrenceharvey.com

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Inspired by our popular Data Leaders Of The North roundtable events, and presented by our host Kyle Winterbottom - creator of the popular event, Lawrence Harvey brings you this podcast series created for Data enthusiasts to hear from some of the most high-profile “Data Leaders” across the North of the UK. The community was born in early 2018 and has become a popular (and oversubscribed) series of thought leadership, round-table events for leadership figures from the world of D&A to share knowledge and ideas whilst discussing trending topics and real life challenges and experiences.