S4 | Ep 37 | Influencing Boards and Transforming Organisations with Claire Thompson, Group Chief Data & Analytics Officer at Legal & General

Driven by Data: The Podcast

In Episode 37, of Season 4, of Driven by Data: The Podcast, Kyle Winterbottom is joined by Claire Thompson, Group Chief Data & Analytics Officer at Legal & General, where they discuss the power of influencing and operating at board level to transform organisations, which includes;

• Starting her career as a SAS programmer
• The key traits and attributes a CDO/Data Leader need to be effective at board level
• Intentionally taking a sideward career step to get the opportunity to become a better communicator
• Why influencing skills can be problematic for CDOs/Data Leaders
• The importance of being a great storyteller and its relationship to value cretion
• The conditions that D&A teams require to add tangible business value
• Finding the sponsors in your organisation
• Whether you need to be in the boardroom to influence
• The expectations of the boardroom in relation to Data & Analytics
• If executives are expecting tangible ROI from their investment
• Building an AI Accelerator within L&G
• Being a part of the Lord Mayors Ethical AI initiative
• The practical education pieces that can be done to upskill/educate stakeholders
• The key to ensuring that data, analytics and AI is treated as a transformational endeavour it needs to be
• The relationship between DEI and the ability to influence to create value
• Hints/tips on how to get DEI right in a world where so many D&A teams struggle with it

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