Data Stories

Data Products & The Future of Digital Experiences with Chris Onowu

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Chris Onowu, Global Head of Data Product at Kubrick Group, is a highly skilled hybrid Product Development leader with over 15 years of industry experience. He has a bachelor's degree in Statistics and Economics, expertise in product development, product leadership, business analysis and change management, and is a doctoral candidate in Business Administration, with research interests in Balanced Scorecards. 


Before joining Kubrick in 2019 to build the Data Product strategic business unit, he managed complex technology and business transformation projects in large financial institutions, including J. P. Morgan and Barclays. He’s since shaped the emergent practice of the Data Product discipline at Kubrick for hundreds of graduates joining the data industry in the UK and now the US.


The definition of a ‘data product’, let alone the work involved to design, build and market one, is constantly changing as the tech industry creates more and more ways to serve and delight customers. So to teach the skills to work in this field requires a premium resilience and embrace of change, something that Chris Onowu possesses in bucket loads.


As you’ll hear in our conversation, we are currently in a golden era of data products, as businesses and individuals are increasingly realising the value that lies in treating data as a product, just like any other product we buy and enjoy, and how that changes how we move through the world.


Working in this field myself, it was truly amazing to hear the vision that Chris has for where data products are going and how they will change the foundational structures of modern society. If you ever wonder why you can’t stop scrolling on Instagram, or what’s coming after the Metaverse, listen to what Chris has got to say, someone with a finger on the pulse of this evolution.


Talking points:

  • What is a data product? 
  • The potential of data products as limitless
  • The cultural and mindset shifts needed to embrace change
  • Tangible impacts of data products in our everyday lives today
  • How to prioritise what data products to build in an organisation
  • Why stories are inherent to data products


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