Grey Dynamics19 Huhti 2024

Sibylline Head of Global Intelligence Gareth Westwood on Intelligence Management - Episode 50

Welcome back to the Grey Dynamics Podcast! This week we are talking again to Gareth Westwood, Sibylline's head of global intelligence. Gareth is a highly experienced practitioner, having previously worked for the UK government in the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, the Ministry of Defence and in the private sector with AstraZeneca. We talked about demystifying the private sector, implementing AI and machine learning into intelligence, what makes a great leader and much more.

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We Spoke About:

0:35 - Response to the podcast
2:07 - Gareth’s background and demystifying the private sector
5:20 - How Sibylline’s team is set up and how private intelligence vendors and in-house teams work together
13:53 - Data Analysis and AI, how Gareth’s organisation implements it and what the future could look like
24:02 - Strategies for fully understanding what the stakeholder wants to know and getting feedback
37:31 - What makes a good intelligence and business leader?
57:34 - What advice Gareth has for managers and leaders
1:03:36 - The importance of one-to-ones with your staff
1:08:23 - Is it healthy to create a competitive workplace with visible analytics based on performance?
1:15:32 - Cultural recommendations

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