MetaDAMA - Data Management in the Nordics
This is DAMA Norway's podcast to create an arena for sharing experiences within Data Management, showcase competence and level of knowledge in this field in the Nordics, get in touch with professionals, spread the word about Data Management and not least promote the profession Data Management.
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Dette er DAMA Norge sin podcast for å skape en arena for deling av erfaringer med Data Management, vise frem kompetanse og kunnskapsnivå innen fagfeltet i Norden, komme i kontakt med fagpersoner, spre ordet om Data Management og ikke minst fremme profesjonen Data Management.
MetaDAMA - Data Management in the Nordics
#16 - Espen Langbråten - Data Competencies & Recruitment (Nor)
Espen Langbråten is leading Europris' bet on digital platform, data warehouse, and analytics.
We had a great talk about everything data, but at the core we discussed three questions:
- How do you build your team?
- How to recruit and build competencies in an ever-changing environment whilst keeping an eye on cost?
- What resources do you need in house? What can you outsource to a consultancy?
Here are my key takeaways:
- It is not only hard to find competency in the marked and recruit, but also to retain valuable knowledge in the company,
- Give your employees the responsibilities they want and need to thrive on the job,
- Mentor-programs give the new employees a change to get integrated fast and at the same time the existing employees a boost of their sense of value and the chance to share their knowledge
- It is important to recruit basic technical skills and a hunger for learning, business acumen and domain knowledge is something you learn on the job
- You need to have core-competencies in house and work in close relation with your consultants to transfer knowledge
- The conceptual and even logical architecture needs to be owned in house
- Most problems the business faces are process based. Tech can aid to solve these, but it is seldom a tech problem by definition
