# One way to help a data science team innovate successfully

DevFeed: [One way to help a data science team innovate successfully](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/one-way-to-help-a-data-science-team-innovate-successfully-46512.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://eugeneyan.com//writing/one-way-to-help-a-data-science-team-succeed/>)

Author: Eugene Yan

Published: 2017-02-19T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Eugene Yan](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/eugene-yan.md>)

Topics: [Data Science](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/data-science.md>), [Learning](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/learning.md>)

Tags: [culture](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/culture.md>), [data-science](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/data-science.md>), [datascience](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/datascience.md>), [experiment](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/experiment.md>), [innovation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/innovation.md>), [leadership](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/leadership.md>), [science](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/science.md>)

## AI overview

The article argues that data science teams succeed when they combine openness to change with an environment and culture that support experimentation, learning from failure, and innovation. It draws on experiences from Lazada and Aviva.

## Source excerpt

If things are not failing, you're not innovating enough. - Elon Musk