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Stuart Winter-Tear's avatar

That was fascinating. I hope you write more on this topic, it's great to get an inside view of this nascent role. It would be extremely valuable to me if you would ponder on the path to take to transition into this role as if you were to begin again now.

I can see the desperate need for product thinking to align data teams with business goals and customer needs. To be laser-focused on value.

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Vin Vashishta's avatar

Thank you. I will add the post on transitioning into the role to the calendar.

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Aaron Wilkerson's avatar

Are you contracting with individual companies to provide the summary/brief or send it out for free and charge for the follow up questions/meetings?

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Vin Vashishta's avatar

It's a contract with companies for a set block of hours per month, typically 10 or 20. Some briefings are part of the package but if the company requests a specific topic, the prep time comes out of the block of hours.

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Eli Tiutin's avatar

And what happens with unused hours at the end of a month?

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Vin Vashishta's avatar

The block is a retainer and I set aside time for each client to use.

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Eli Tiutin's avatar

Is it common for companies to hire multiple AI advisors to see if their output is consistent? Or do they stick to a vision of their best candidate?

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Vin Vashishta's avatar

I haven't seen multiple external C-level advisors. Leaders have their internal teams and lean on them too.

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