How to make data work – on the art of the possible through data
How can Chief Data Officers make data science ‘work’? Where should they start, how can they set their team up for success and what kind of challenges should they be anticipating?
I spoke to Piers Stobbs, Chief Data Officer at MoneySuperMarket, about how to set up data science teams for effective delivery – and serious impact.
10 speaker tips for sharing a product story as the Hero's journey
Explaining how a complex product comes together to an audience can be hard. How much logic is enough logic, and when does detail become too much detail in a talk?
With my theatre director’s hat on, I’ve put together these tips around how I shaped my product story as a speaker at the product makers’ conference JAM London.
2017 at Digital Media at the V&A – the year in product review
How to build trust while building products
It might sound obvious, but it’s pretty much impossible to build a brilliant product relatively fast, if you don’t work closely with stakeholders.
You can try, but chances are, it will be a disaster. Here are my tips to help you build trust in your cross-functional team while you build a digital product.
Building products at a museum – the agile or fragile way?
What does it really mean to be agile at a museum? Do you risk shipping half-baked products if you adopt the principles of the lean startup? Can you really say no to a security update mid-sprint?
Given the size and complexity of the V&A as an organisation, we have adopted some of the techniques from lean and agile, and discarded others.
How my nephew taught me to become a better product manager
Asking why and saying ‘I don’t know’ at opportune moments is very helpful in how you build products. Put simply, it’s good to think like a four year old sometimes.
These are my five favourite questions – inspired by my four year old nephew – that helped me define the new What’s On at the V&A website.
