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2: Sasha Laundy on Building the Right Thing for Stakeholders
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In this episode of the Building AI Products podcast, I interview Sasha Laundy, who was the Director of Data Science at Warby Parker.
Sasha is one of those wonderful high-IQ, high-EQ, left-right-brained people who's both super technical and a great people manager.
At Warby Parker (or "Warby" for those in the know), she ran a centralized team that did statistical modeling, BI training and analyst support, and machine learning.
In this episode, we discuss:
π Shape Up, a framework for shipping in six-week cycles that turns out to be perfect for data science teams
π Powerful questions to build the right thing for stakeholders, especially stakeholders who don't "speak data"
π Why everyone asks for a dashboard, but nobody actually needs one
π How a centralized team of data scientists can work with data analysts embedded in vertical business teams
Show links:
- Find Sasha's coaching practice here: https://sashalaundy.com/
- Basecamp's book on the Shape Up framework, by Ryan Singer: https://basecamp.com/shapeup
- Sasha's consulting company, Polynumeral, published a book called Thinking with Data (by Max Shron) that talks more about working with stakeholders and scoping projects: https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/thinking-with-data/9781491949757/
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