Chapter 10Sarah Burnett: Fostering a Data-Driven Culture at a Large Global Financial Organization
Sarah Burnett, head of data democratization, at a large financial organization
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Sarah Burnett is the head of data democratization at a large financial organisation by day, Tableau User Group Ambassador and Singapore Tableau User Group Co-Leader by night. Sarah's passion is making storytelling clean, clear, and simple by instilling best practices and reducing cognitive load all while using beautiful design. Her creative, direct design thinking allows executives to drive their business with powerful visual insights through data while removing the noise that can easily cloud the story. She has an aversion to 3D pie charts, and one of her goals is to move the world of finance away from unnecessary complexity and into clean, clear, and simple data visualizations. Her education includes a Bachelor of Management Studies degree from Waikato University, Hamilton, New Zealand, and she currently resides in Singapore with her young son, Lukas.
Alexander:You are head of data democratization. What is your mission?
Sarah: We are driving a cultural change to be more data driven, one dashboard at a time!
Alexander:Where do you start, with a bold statement like that?
Sarah: To have people come to a central location to consume their near-real-time data, and to make that ...
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