In Episode 1, of Season 7 of Driven by Data: The Podcast, Kyle Winterbottom was joined by Kevin Cassar, Chief Data Officer at TalkTalk, where they discuss how to accelerate the speed of value delivery, which includes;

• Why speed to value is becoming as important as ROI itself
• The macroeconomic and GenAI forces increasing pressure on delivery timelines
• How TalkTalk’s data strategy is focused on profitability, trust, and customer satisfaction
• The “triangle of value”: data, business action, and financial outcomes
• Why federated data operating models can accelerate adoption and execution
• The balance between experimentation and implementation at scale
• How governance should act as an enabler, not a blocker, to faster delivery
• The pyramid framework linking ExCo priorities to data products and models
• Why culture, psychological safety, and upskilling are critical to speed
• The five pillars of organisational readiness for faster value creation
• Real examples of reducing delivery from 12 months to under 8 weeks
• Kevin’s three practical leadership principles: vision, collaboration, and investing in people
• Why ExCo maturity and sponsorship are the hidden drivers of speed to value
• How direct CEO access materially reduces time from idea to production
• Why poor data foundations still kill speed, regardless of AI ambition
• Why adoption velocity, not just build velocity, determines realised value