S3 | Ep 8 | Modern Day Data Leadership; Business, People & Culture with Vijay Yadav, Director, Quantitative Sciences; Data, Digital & Analytics, at Merck

<p>In Episode 8 of Season 3, of Driven By Data: The Podcast, Kyle Winterbottom is joined by Vijay Yadav, Director, Quantitative Sciences; Data, Digital &amp; Analytics, at Merck, where they discuss what modern-day data leadership should consist of, which includes;&nbsp;</p><ul><li>The reality of why most data initiatives don’t start from the business objective, despite everyone knowing that should be the starting point&nbsp;&nbsp;</li><li>Why many Data Leaders don’t really understand what the business wants&nbsp;&nbsp;</li><li>Why ‘the business' should be in the driver’s seat, at least in the passenger seat, but not in the trunk/boot (where it often is)&nbsp;&nbsp;</li><li>Why Data Leaders are often guilty of mystifying data for business leaders/consumers&nbsp;&nbsp;</li><li>How he learnt the hard way by delivering many technical projects that failed&nbsp;&nbsp;</li><li>Why your success as a Data Leader is directly linked to the ability of the people you can attract and retain&nbsp;&nbsp;</li><li>Why ‘People’ trumps both ‘Process’ and ‘Technology’&nbsp;&nbsp;</li><li>The tangible benefits of putting people first&nbsp;&nbsp;</li><li>The fundamentals of retaining great people&nbsp;&nbsp;</li><li>What Data Culture really means&nbsp;&nbsp;</li><li>Why culture can’t be “changed”&nbsp;</li><li>The relationship between culture and literacy&nbsp;&nbsp;</li><li>The role of internal data communities in building a great data culture&nbsp;&nbsp;</li><li>Practical tips on how to build one effectively&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</li></ul><br/>