My guest this week is Drew Smith, Vice President of Global Data and Analytics at Little Caesars Enterprises and Ilitch Companies. Little Caesars is a pizza franchise that is mainly in the United States. Illitch Companies owns the Detroit Tigers (baseball), Detroit Red...
In 2021 I had the pleasure to first get to know and speak with Zhamak Dheghani, Director of Emerging Technologies at ThoughtWorks, in season one of the Data Dream Team series. Zhamak is a software engineer and architect who is (in)famously known as the founder of the...
Data mesh is quickly becoming a way for companies to roll out their data strategy. If you haven’t already learned about data mesh, I suggest doing so. It comes with organizational and technical changes. I think a crucial part of your data mesh revolves around the...
Data Teams are like Role Playing Games (RPG). If you’re not familiar with RPGs, there is a person or group of characters all working together for a common goal. A crucial part of the individual characters are their levels, skills, and stats. In many games, higher...
Data teams can be challenging. KPIs (Key Performance Indicators) are different from other teams. The team’s value creation and performance are distinct. I want to share some KPIs. Before embarking on this, you’ll want to create baseline numbers for all metrics. This...
During my interviews for another case study in Data Teams, I was introduced to a concept I teach but hadn’t heard so brilliantly stated. The case study was with Justin Coffey and François Jehl, who were both at Criteo. Justin introduced this concept of keeping...
