Why Data Teams Need to Speak the Language of ROI

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Mon, Nov 17, 2025

1:00 PM UTC (30 minutes)

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ROI of Data & AI: How to demonstrate & maximise your impact
Nick Zervoudis
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What you'll learn

Why ROI is now mandatory (not optional)

Learn why ROI conversations now dominate budget decisions and reshape what data teams must deliver.

How to shift from cost center to profit engine

Learn why teams seen as profit-generators get funded. Discover how reframing your work changes resource conversations.

Building the momentum flywheel

Learn how proving value creates momentum through trust and resources. Understand why this cycle matters for data teams.

Why this topic matters

For decades, data teams have struggled to translate their work into financial value - making them vulnerable during downturns. Today's macro environment has intensified this challenge: profitability trumps growth, and teams without clear ROI stories become easy targets for cuts. Learn how to position your data work for survival and success.

You'll learn from

Nick Zervoudis

Data & AI Product Management leader, consultant, and coach 📊

Nick has spent the past decade delivering business value through data, analytics, and AI projects and products as a consultant and in-house data product manager.


Nick is the founder of Value of Data & AI, a specialist data & AI product management consultancy helping data teams deliver commercial outcomes through training, coaching, and hands-on support.

Previous clients & employers

PepsiCo
Sainsbury's
IKEA
Lloyds Banking Group
Capgemini

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