Episode 77: [Value Boost] Why Your Data Team Needs a Book Club
Download MP3The right book at the right time can completely transform your career trajectory, but many data professionals struggle to find resources that directly address their unique challenges of bridging technical expertise with business impact. While technical skills courses are abundant, guidance on becoming a strategic data leader remains scarce.
In this Value Boost episode, Kashif Zahoor joins Dr. Genevieve Hayes to reveal how he transformed his entire data team's performance and culture through a simple but powerful approach: starting a BI book club that costs almost nothing but delivers enormous ROI.
This episode reveals:
In this Value Boost episode, Kashif Zahoor joins Dr. Genevieve Hayes to reveal how he transformed his entire data team's performance and culture through a simple but powerful approach: starting a BI book club that costs almost nothing but delivers enormous ROI.
This episode reveals:
- How a weekly team book club transformed Kashif's data team [02:26]
- The "data concierge" concept that transforms dashboard builders into trusted business advisors [04:07]
- Why Data Insights Delivered by Mo Villagran is a team game-changer [08:28]
- The critical difference between fulfilling requests and solving underlying business problems [09:05]
Guest Bio
Kashif Zahoor is the Vice President of Business Intelligence at Influence Mobile and has extensive experience in data leadership.
Links
Kashif Zahoor is the Vice President of Business Intelligence at Influence Mobile and has extensive experience in data leadership.
Links
- Connect with Kashif on LinkedIn
- Data Insights Delivered (Amazon Australia)(Amazon US)
- The AI-Driven Leader (Amazon Australia)(Amazon US)
- Connect with Genevieve on LinkedIn
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