This episode features Goutham Budati, who introduces the Data-Perspective-Action framework for enhancing data teams' influence within businesses. Budati emphasizes that data roles involve significant decision-making, advocating for data engineers and analytics engineers to proactively seek business context and provide insights beyond mere data delivery. The discussion covers strategies for technically focused engineers to gain business acumen, such as timeboxing efforts to understand the broader business context and creating weekly data narratives. Budati advises engineers to clarify the underlying requirements by asking the three Ps: What is the problem, who are we solving the problem for, and why now? He also underscores the importance of building trust through consistent data reliability and clear communication, advocating for a habit-forming approach to insights generation.
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