Data Radicals
Data Radicals
Alation
How to be a Data Cheerleader with Caroline Carruthers, Co-Author of The Chief Data Officer's Playbook
30 minutes Posted Feb 2, 2022 at 10:00 am.
Anxiety about math. For most Americans, it’s so deeply ingrained it’s practically a personality trait. Unfortunately, this fear can linger in our psyches as we age. But, thankfully, Data Radicals like Caroline Carruthers are here to confront that fear and educate our data-anxious peers.Caroline is the co-author of “The Chief Data Officer's Playbook,” and today she’s explaining why CDOs play a crucial role in building a data-based organization. She shares advice on how to be an effective CDO, and promote data literacy so people embrace data-driven decision making at your company, and much more.--------"Spend time with your stakeholders and talk to them about data. Relax them, take them out for coffee and cake, sit there and just get to know them as a person and ask them about what they're trying to do." - Caroline Carruthers--------Time Stamps*
Being a data cheerleader*
How to be an effective CDO*
Finding your data skillset *
Turning your stakeholders into Data Radicals*
Teaching data literacy to your organization*
Raising the next generation of Data Radicals*
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Anxiety about math. For most Americans, it’s so deeply ingrained it’s practically a personality trait. Unfortunately, this fear can linger in our psyches as we age. But, thankfully, Data Radicals like Caroline Carruthers are here to confront that fear and educate our data-anxious peers.Caroline is the co-author of “The Chief Data Officer's Playbook,” and today she’s explaining why CDOs play a crucial role in building a data-based organization. She shares advice on how to be an effective CDO, and promote data literacy so people embrace data-driven decision making at your company, and much more.--------"Spend time with your stakeholders and talk to them about data. Relax them, take them out for coffee and cake, sit there and just get to know them as a person and ask them about what they're trying to do." - Caroline Carruthers--------Time Stamps* (0:04) Being a data cheerleader* (2:39) How to be an effective CDO* (8:45) Finding your data skillset * (11:59) Turning your stakeholders into Data Radicals* (14:40) Teaching data literacy to your organization* (20:18) Raising the next generation of Data Radicals* (26:23) Meeting people where they are--------SponsorThis podcast is presented by Alation.Learn more:* Data Radicals: https://www.alation.com/podcast/* Alation’s LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/company/alation/* Satyen’s LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ssangani/--------LinksConnect with Caroline on LinkedInCheck out Carruthers and Jackson