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

In Episode 45 of Season 3, of Driven by Data: The Podcast, Kyle Winterbottom is rejoined by, Samir Sharma, CEO & Founder of Datazuum, where they discuss how to really understand business objectives and align a data strategy that you can operationalise, which includes;

• Defining, creating and operationalizing your data strategy
• The ‘Data Strategy Canvass’ and the purpose of existence
• The catalyst for creating it
• Why business teams and data teams are talking different languages
• The reasons why data strategies don’t often align with business strategies
• Why asking the right questions is the critical component
• How recent research has shown that only 6% of data strategies made any reference to business value generation
• The 3 questions to answer about every use case
• The difference between benefits and outcomes
• Why many organisations don’t have clearly defined business strategies
• How you can understand what the business objectives really are
• Why you don’t need to be at the decision-making table to aligning data strategy to business strategy  
• The 3 buckets that all value levers are tied to in the eyes of “the business”
• Why too many focus on data use cases and not business use cases
• The value discrepancy between business leaders and data teams
• Why most organisations don’t assess Data Leaders for the skills they actually need  
• Why reporting lines don’t matter
• The 7 steps to align a data strategy to business objectives

Link to Data Strategy Canvass: : https://www.linkedin.com/posts/samirsharma1_data-valuecreation-business-activity-7101161956320907266-GlNT?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop