A Journey Through the Data Science & Analytics Value Chain (Nancy Hersh, Chief Data Officer, Arcadia)
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To create sustainable business value, data scientists need to navigate all the elements of what this episode’s guest has dubbed “the data science and analytics value chain.”
So what are those elements? And how can you ensure you hire and develop the team that delivers on each one with every single data science project?
Nancy Hersh, Chief Data Officer at Arcadia, joins the show to break it all down.
We discuss:
Five elements of the data science and analytics value chain
How an apprenticeship model can bring data scientists closer to the business
Unique hiring strategies in an ultra-competitive market
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