A self-organised workshop for data leaders to discuss the opportunity and challenges they face with their peers. This is the 9th iteration at a PyData conference. Questions are raised and answered by attendees, it is facilitated by Ian Ozsvald (PyDataLondon co-founder). You are encouraged to carry on talking to fellow leaders after this session, Ian will give out badges to help with this.

The format is based on the Breakout discussions that Ian uses in his private RebelAI leadership group, you're welcome and encouraged to copy and use it in your own organisations. Typical attendance is 60+ leaders.

The 2022 session using a different format ("Executives at PyData" as it was known) was written up, you can see it here: https://numfocus.medium.com/executives-at-pydata-global-2022-193cbc2d3f3b

This talk is for leaders who want new techniques to improve their success rates. In the last 15 months I've built a private data science peer mentorship group where we discuss rebellious ideas that improve our ability to make meaningful change in organisations of all sizes.

As a leader you've no doubt had trouble defining new projects (perhaps you've been asked - "add ChatGPT!"), getting buy-in, building support, defining defensible metrics and milestones, hiring, developing your team, dealing with conflict, avoiding overload and ultimately delivering valuable projects that are adopted by the business. I'll share advice across all of these areas based on 25 years of personal experience and the topics we've discussed in my leadership community.

You'll walk away with new ideas, perspectives and references that ought to change how to work with your team and organisation.