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Episode 60: 5 Executive Priorities That Transform Data Science Results into Business Value
April 23, 2025 · 18 min

If you want to succeed in data science, you need to create business value. But what does business value actually mean to the executives with the power to make or break your data science initiative?

In this episode, AI strategist Gregory Lewandowski joins Dr Genevieve Hayes to share the five executive priorities he discovered while leading analytics for major enterprises - and explain why the future belongs to data scientists who understand them.

This episode reveals:

The two priorities that can unlock budget even mid-cycle (and why cost savings isn't one of them) [07:50]How executive priorities evolve across technology adoption cycles [10:16]Why misaligned compensation metrics doom data science projects [13:03]The "follow the money" framework for understanding what drives business decisions [12:22]

Guest Bio

Gregory Lewandowski is the Chief AI Strategist and Founder of GLEW, a consultancy focussing on the business side of AI ROI.

Links

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