DataIQ Podcasts

DataIQ Interview - Unlocking Value At ITV With Data Mesh And Thoughtworks by David Reed

DataIQ Podcast - 16 - Sky And Becoming Data Literate by David Reed

What if you could use your personal data to track your mental wellbeing? Could behaviours like spending and physical activity hold vital insights into our mood? And what would an app need to do in order to gain acceptance and use by consumers?

Those are some of the questions which the Mental Wellbeing Sandbox has been set up to explore.

In this episode of the DataIQ Podcast, I talk to Liz Brandt, chief executive of its architect, Ctrl-Shift, together with Gregor Henderson of Public Health England, Phil Fearnley, formerly of HSBC, and Henry Jones of mental health services provider Togetherall about their participation in the sandbox and what they have learnt from it.

In this edition, we hear from two members of the DataIQ 100 Top Ten. Our number one - Ming Tang - talks about the vital work she is leading as managing director of data and analytics for NHS England.

Unilever’s global vice president of information and analytics, Andy Hill - number eight in the list - talks about the global effect data is having for the company, covering everything from consumer behaviour through to the impact of the company’s supply chain on the environment.

Also, Paul Davison, head of data at Royal Mail, talks about brand new research findings that uncover some revealing trends around data investments and the impact of Covid-19 on the data industry.

In this edition, we have two extended interviews.

The winner of the Grand Prix in the 2020 DataIQ Awards was the NatWest Group Data Academy. It also won the award for Best Development Programme.

Responsibility for creating, running and enhancing the academy falls to Lynn Usher, data capability manager. She tells us how the bank set about building the programme and what impact it has seen.

Neil McIvor, chief data officer and chief statistician at the Department for Education, talks about holding two very different roles, one of them carrying statutory obligations. With school closures and exam schedules very much in the headlines, it is the data provided by his team that forms the basis of key policy decisions.

In this edition, two senior practitioners reflect on their careers and achievements to date, sharing key lessons and insights on working in data and analytics.

Dr Sachiko Scheuing, European privacy officer at Acxiom and co-chair of FEDMA, swapped analytics for data protection and has never looked back. Chosen by DataIQ to receive the 2020 Professor Derek Holder lifetime achievement award, she explains why lobbying on behalf of responsible data-driven marketing is more important than ever.

Paul Ravenscroft, until recently head of personalisation and insight at Walgreen Boots Alliance, then considers how much data and analytics changed over his 12-year tenure and what he has learned about leading high-performing teams.

In this edition, DataIQ talks to Nicky Klein, until recently chief data officer at Direct Line Group, about what the role of CDO means and the skills it requires.

Anthony Morris, formerly director of data, analytics and insight at Dixons Carphone, explains what he has learnt from over a decade of using data to transform an organisation .

Charley Glynn and John Hoopes at Ordnance Survey about the newly-relaunched OS Data Hub and their hopes for the innovation it might help to unleash.

Presented by David Reed, knowledge and strategy director, DataIQ

Music: "Light 'em up," by Purple Planet Music

Anita Fernqvist, UK chief data officer at Zurich Insurance and number one in the DataIQ 100 2020 edition, talks about the impact on her and her team of being recognised within the industry.

Paul Davison, head of data at Royal Mail, discusses findings from new research into the benefits of data quality, plus how to use data for good.

Kinnari Ladha of TUi, winner of the 2019 Digital and Data Champion award, with Payal Jain, Vikram Jain and Michael Connor from JCURV, winners of the Transformation with Data award last year, discuss the importance of recognition for individuals and teams.

This edition is presented in partnership with Royal Mail.

DataIQ Podcast - 9 - Elizabeth Denham And Peter Jackson by David Reed

In this edition, Cathy Pendleton, senior data governance manager at Compare the Market, talks to DataIQ about how to make the protection of data an enabler of new business processes and why this is proving to be an attractive new career option in the industry.

We also hear from Bridget Kearns, head of organisational development at Hastings Direct, about the workshops on diversity she was delivering during last year's Women in Data conference.

And KPMG explain the ITs Her Future project they have created to attract more women into the data and tech world.