Practical Data Science Teams - Advice To Data Science Leaders

Operating a data science team is not something that can just be learned by watching lectures and videos on Coursera and Udemy. Don't get us wrong, they are great places to learn data science and machine learning theory with practice problems. However, they don't teach good business practices, and how to operate a data team in a business settings. Knowing algorithms, and how to use Hadoop is not enough to have an effective data team. Teams have to work with other departments, they have to maintain software, report to executives, and of course, return business value!