In Episode 29 of Season 2, on Driven By Data, Kyle Winterbottom is joined by Survat Bansal, Founder and CEO of Clarista, where they discuss the challenges preventing value realisation, which include:

• The key challenges firms are facing in driving better value from data
• How the role of a CDO evolved about tackling those challenges
• How data utilization is changing in firms
• How data management tools/tech is driving a resurgence
• What is happening to the current approach to data management
• What is Data Culture
• What data leaders should always keep in mind?
• Why their is such a high turnover in data-related roles

In Episode 28 of Season 2, of Driven By Data, Kyle Winterbottom is joined by David Bloch, Founder at SME2 where they discuss how to demystify data and AI for executives, which includes:

• Why CDOs don't view themselves as executives
• How to develop executive skills
• Why there is a need for Data Leaders to hold a commercial target
• The role timeframes and red-tape play in how successful Data Leaders are in demonstrating value realisation
• How business leaders are managing their decisions without any data representation
• How to transform organisational culture

In Episode 27 of Season 2, on Driven By Data, Kyle Winterbottom is joined by Rob Wadsworth, Director of Enterprise Data for Kin + Carta Europe, where they discuss why now is the time to think differently about data, which includes:

• The difference between product thinking, data products and data as a product
• How these differences impact the value an organisation can drive
• How organisations are being held back by their inability to think differently
• How product thinking impacts investment and ROI
• How to build and structure your Data & Analytics team for product thinking
• The roles that are the most pivotal
• How to get started on the product thinking journey

In Episode 26 of Season 2, on Driven By Data, Kyle Winterbottom is joined by Niladri Shekhar Dutta, Global Director; Head of AI Innovation & Data Strategy at Ericcson, where they discuss how data operating models support digital transformation and operational excellence, which includes;

• How Data Strategy supports Digital Transformation
• What this means in regards to an organisation's DNA
• An insight into rule-driven decision-making
• How Ericcson achieves this
• The key components in achieving operational excellence
• What’s the role of Data and AI in overall DNA transformation to digital
• What the future of telco looks like in terms of the next generation of Digital Telco
• Where data monetization sit within this

In Episode 25 of Season 2, on Driven By Data, Kyle Winterbottom is joined by Helen Mannion, Global Data Director at Specsavers where they discuss:

• What Helen is tasked with achieving at Specsavers
• Specsavers Journey through Data-Transformation
• Pivotal movements within their journey over the past 3 years
• The biggest contributions to Helen's success
• Key competencies when building the best data-driven team
• Biggest challenges when building a data-driven team
• Advice for data leaders about to embark on the same journey
• What's next for Specsavers

In Episode 24 of Season 2, on Driven by Data: The Podcast, our very own Kyle Winterbottom joins forces with Catherine King and appears on the Business of Data podcast, where they discuss the current trends in Data & Analytics, which includes;

• The rise of the Data Engineer

• The resurgence of Data Governance as an enabler

• The role of personal brand & thought leadership

• Tackling Diversity & Inclusion

• The current talent market

• Building Data & Analytics teams

• Articulating a compelling narrative

In Episode 23 of Season 2, on Driven by Data: The Podcast, Kyle Winterbottom is joined by Jason Foster, Chief Operating Officer (CDO) at Cynozure Group where they discuss:

• Future Plans for The Cynozure Group
• The evolution of the role of a CDO
• What modern-day CDOs need to consider and where their priorities should lie
• Biggest challenges for a CDO
• Why the average tenure for a CDO is only 2 years
• The role an organisation plays in allowing the CDO to be successful

In Episode 22 of Season 2, on Driven by Data: The Podcast, Kyle Winterbottom is joined by Marika Roque, Chief Operating Officer at KERV Interactive where they discuss:

• The purpose of Kerv's technology
• The benefits of an organisation using Kerv's technology
• How Kerv is leveraging data to optimize the future of user engagement whilst shopping
• What the future of shopping looks like
• How cookies will affect what Kerv does
• How cookies will impact how organisations utilise video content
• Kerv's major success stories

In Episode 21 of Season 2, on Driven by Data: The Podcast, Kyle Winterbottom is joined by Robin Sutara, Chief Data Officer at Microsoft UK, where they discuss:

• How to get more data talent into the eco-system whilst ensuring it is diverse
• Why organisations struggle to hire a diverse workforce
• Why organisations have found it difficult to gain tangible results for being innovative with regards to Data & Analytics
• How to simplify and tackle; technology, people & process
• How we can use data to simplify some of our societal challenges
• What are the main challenges we can combat and how

In Episode 20 of Season 2, on Driven by Data: The Podcast, Kyle Winterbottom is joined by Simon Walker (CCO) and Tim Smeaton (CEO), Managing Director at Kubrick Group, where they discuss tackling the growing data talent gap which includes:

• The implications of the increasing talent gap in data on the industry as a whole
• The causes of the widening talent gap
• How organisations can combat the talent gap
• Why organisations expectations are too high
• How data leaders can help solve the talent gap
• Innovative ways to drive diversity in data
• Becoming the employer of choice for in-demand candidates