On this episode of the D-Suite, we talk about the value of connection in creating influence as D&A leaders, along with the difficulty of creating connection in today’s fragmented world. We also speak with Nicola Hopkins of Marsh about best practices in explaining the value of D&A to stakeholders.

This episode of the D-Suite focuses on culture in all its forms in data, analytics and AI. Hosts Sarah James and Peter Krensky discuss what culture means to them, key lessons from client interactions and how people and organizations become truly data-driven.

Leaders come from all backgrounds, though successful chief data and analytics officers often demonstrate commonalities in their roles and careers. This episode of the D-Suite features insight on journeys to executive leadership, focus areas for CDAOs, and major challenges in delivering valuable AI.

As the world faces historic challenges, analytics and AI must be a core business discipline for organizations to effectively respond. This episode of the D-Suite vodcast features insight on how data can be applied to social concerns and how greater access to data can lead to positive outcomes.

In this episode of the D-Suite, Walid Mehanna, chief data and AI officer at Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, describes his team’s generative AI journey, and Gartner analyst Pieter den Hamer shares his best practices for starting and executing an AI strategy.

Data and analytics leaders can use this podcast to stay in touch with market trends and leadership best practices. This D-Suite episode presents analyst views from our London D&A Summit and an interview with JP Bhamu of GEMS Education on managing the chief data and analytics officer function.

This episode of the D-Suite focuses on managing innovation in data, analytics and AI projects. Gartner expert Michael Gabbard and Constantyn Chalitsios, chief digital officer at Westlake, share their insights on balancing immediate ROI demands with forward-looking innovative investments.

Data and analytics leaders need to implement AI while also adhering to the policies, standards and regulations concerning responsible AI, which requires extensive cross-functional collaboration and ownership. This episode of the D-Suite provides insights and best practices for balancing these needs.

This edition of the D-Suite looks forward to 2024 and beyond with a set of four predictions focusing on how data, analytics and AI will evolve in the enterprise. Data and analytics leaders can prepare for future disruption by listening to the recommendations from Gartner experts.

This episode focuses on how to measure and quantify the value of AI. Gartner Distinguished VP Analysts, Frances Karamouzis shares what’s needed to define budgets for AI. Rickard Wieselfors, Aautomation and AI lead at Ericsson, shares how his team was able to deliver and measure over $500 million in business benefits.

In this episode, Gartner’s Distinguished VP Analyst Deb Logan and Rachel Porteous, CIO at FINTRAC, share insights and best practices on how to gain the trust of the C-Suite to lead a data, analytics and AI team with purpose and change the culture to have an outsized impact.

This edition of the D-Suite provides actionable advice for data and analytics leaders building generative AI solutions on their own data. The hosts provide current best practices, highlight the importance of data quality and demonstrate a real use case built on a solid data foundation.

Even before the era of generative AI, Marc Andreesen, venture capitalist and founder of Netscape famously said, “find the smartest technologist in the company and make them CEO.” However technologists don’t typically have the key skills required to make that transition. In this episode of The D-Suite, we speak with Gartner expert analysts, Sarah James and data and analytics leader Troy Carmichael from Renesant to learn how technologists can build their personal executive brand while developing three critical skills — vision, empathy and power — to successfully transition from tech to exec.

Data and Analytics leaders are tasked with delivering solutions together with communicating business value. This edition of the D-Suite unpacks the costs of Generative AI development, explains the trend of FinOps for cloud cost optimization and provides practical advice on articulating value.

ChatGPT and other large language models have captured the public’s imagination and demonstrated the power of AI. This edition of the D-Suite video podcast helps CDAOs separate fact from fiction, explore generative AI deployment models and realize value from data, analytics and AI.