Eugene Yan’s INSEAD Lunchtime Talk covers two connected subjects: how Lazada uses data and Yan’s own path to becoming VP of Data Science at Lazada (Alibaba). The session frames data science as an applied practice inside a large e-commerce company, while also offering a personal account of reaching a senior leadership role.
Only one source was available for this article, so there are no differing accounts to compare. The source is a talk description rather than a full transcript, so the analysis here is limited to the event’s stated framing.
For an AI and ML audience, the talk’s relevance is in the combination it draws together: the practical use of data at scale, and a career trajectory that its own speaker describes as idiosyncratic rather than conventional.