More Than Numbers
There are a lot of people telling you the best way to run a data team. Very few of those people are actually the ones doing it. We’re trying to fix that.
More Than Numbers is a weekly newsletter focused on hearing from the best data practitioners in our industry and how they run their teams, and solve their toughest challenges.
How’s it different from other data newsletters?
Aside from being driven by data practitioners instead of individuals, you can also expect:
a focus on running a good data team over technical content, tools, or what the latest data Twitter storm is about
a wide variety of approaches and opinions, so you can consider which might work best for you
an unbiased, and vendor-neutral perspective
a focus on pragmatic advice
Who can you expect to hear from?
We are speaking to new folks every week, but you can expect to hear from data leaders at Cleo.ai, MUBI, GetYourGuide, Omnipresent, Vestaire Collection, Templafy, myTutor, Stuart, and many more.
If you know a great data practitioner you think we should speak to, let us know!
When will you hear from us?
We share new posts on Tuesday afternoons (GMT).
What kind of topics can you expect to read about?
This is constantly evolving but you can expect us to cover topics such as:
What’s the purpose of a data team?
How to measure the value of a data team?
What are the different data team structures? And how do you choose one?
Who should be the first data team hire?
What tools do you need and when are they needed?
Best practices for handling ad-hoc requests
Leadership lessons learned
How to hire a great data team
…and others!
We will also be doing occasional deep dives to showcase a particular story or piece of advice from some of our interviewees.
Who are we?
My name is Taylor Brownlow. I’ve been in data my whole career, first as an analyst, then as a data scientist, and now as a Head of Data at Count, where I also head up our Product team. I am a life-long learner with a love of writing, so this project fell naturally out of those two passions.
Oliver Hughes, CEO and co-founder of Count, will also be contributing from time to time. He is, if possible, a bigger data and leadership nerd than I am.
While Count is responsible for this newsletter, we will of course abide by our number one rule of being vendor-agnostic.
To get Count-related content and articles, check out our company blog (because it ain’t here).
