S3 | Ep 45 | The Data Strategy Canvass; Aligning Data Strategy with Business Objectives with Samir Sharma, CEO/Founder at Datazuum

<p>In Episode 45 of Season 3, of Driven by Data: The Podcast, Kyle Winterbottom is rejoined by, Samir Sharma, CEO &amp; Founder of Datazuum, where they discuss how to really understand business objectives and align a data strategy that you can operationalise, which includes;</p><ul><li>Defining, creating and operationalizing your data strategy </li><li>The ‘Data Strategy Canvass’ and the purpose of existence</li><li>The catalyst for creating it</li><li>Why business teams and data teams are talking different languages </li><li>The reasons why data strategies don’t often align with business strategies </li><li>Why asking the right questions is the critical component </li><li>How recent research has shown that only 6% of data strategies made any reference to business value generation </li><li>The 3 questions to answer about every use case</li><li>The difference between benefits and outcomes </li><li>Why many organisations don’t have clearly defined business strategies </li><li>How you can understand what the business objectives really are</li><li>Why you don’t need to be at the decision-making table to aligning data strategy to business strategy &nbsp;</li><li>The 3 buckets that all value levers are tied to in the eyes of “the business”</li><li>Why too many focus on data use cases and not business use cases </li><li>The value discrepancy between business leaders and data teams </li><li>Why most organisations don’t assess Data Leaders for the skills they actually need &nbsp;</li><li>Why reporting lines don’t matter </li><li>The 7 steps to align a data strategy to business objectives</li></ul><br/><p>Link to Data Strategy Canvass: : <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/posts/samirsharma1_data-valuecreation-business-activity-7101161956320907266-GlNT?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=member_desktop" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/posts/samirsharma1_data-valuecreation-business-activity-7101161956320907266-GlNT?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=member_desktop</a></p>