Throughout my career, I’ve seen a number of different analytics teams; as you might expect, there are a handful of similarities and a handful of differences in how each team operates. But one thing that has consistently stuck out is…

You’re interviewing for a job in data science: maybe it’s your first job or maybe it’s a Chief Analytics Officer role. One struggle people have is when to talk salary with the employer. Certainly, this issue isn’t unique to data…

Many analytics leaders will agree that talent is the most valuable asset in their organization— and the most challenging. But how much time do analytics leaders really spend designing the team they will need five years from now? For many,…

The need to upskill the data and analytics capabilities of both your analytics community and the broader business and operational communities is widely recognized. It is also difficult to determine exactly who should learn what and how to best teach…

Members of the Analytics Leadership Consortium (ALC) come together every quarter to share and discuss some of their most pressing topics in analytics. Our highlighted topics from discussions this spring include Remote Work, Job Family Modernization, Managing Complexity, Scaling, and…

While many aspects of our lives haven’t fully returned to the pre-COVID-19 normal yet, the analytics and data science job market is perhaps even stronger now than it was two years ago. Not only are a lot of jobs being…

In the start of this series, I introduced the diamond below and some principles, all grounded on the truth that every co-worker in the organization needs to increase their data knowledge, including the co-workers at the top. First a refresher…