Driven by Data: The Podcast

In Episode 48 of Season 2, of Driven By Data: The Podcast our CEO Kyle Winterbottom is joined by Ranil Boteju, Group CDAO at LBG, where they discuss the importance of enabling Data and Analytics teams into businesses, to help them transform, which includes;

• How Data and Analytics have evolved in Banking
• What the Data and Analytics transformation he is leading at LBG looks like
• What does winning in data and Analytics look like at a big organisation like LBG
• What the biggest challenges are
• Why they’re putting a huge emphasis on non-technical roles such as; Culture, Communications and Ethics
• Tackling Data Ethics and why it’s got its own role
• How he is ensuring that the Data & Analytics strategy ties to realising the business objectives
• Why it's unlikely there will be CDAO roles in 5 years' time
• Why Data Literacy will soon be taught in schools

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In Episode 47 of Season 2, of Driven By Data: The Podcast our CEO Kyle Winterbottom is joined by Adam Sroka, Head of Machine Learning Engineering at Origami, where they discuss everything that entails Data Science, which includes;

• An insight to Origami
• Adam's role/responsibilities and what he is tasked with achieving
• Some of the key challenges/complexities when it comes to using Data and Analytics to tackle global challenges, concerning the energy sector
• The role ML teams play, following this and examples of cases
• The main changes between Data Science of 5 years ago versus Data Science of today
• How to build a DS team that adds genuine business value
• Advice for DS's in terms of what they should focus on to ensure a successful career
• The importance of building a strong personal brand/social media presence
• Results you will experience following this
• Where the DS industry will be in the next 5 years

In Episode 46 of Season 2, of Driven By Data: The Podcast our CEO Kyle Winterbottom is joined by Paul French, Director of Data & Analytics at First Central, where they discuss how to attract great talent, to build great teams, which includes;

• Why First Central defines its business as an “innovator in data”
• Why he decided to set up Data Culture & Product Team
• The 3 characteristics that made him join the business and how the business could articulate this clearly
• Why he prioritised building the team in his first 6 months
• Why you need a talent strategy just as you need a strategy for any business problem
• How they amplified their story across the networks to drive inbound interest
• How he worked with his internal TA team and figured out what role he needed to play
• Why the team you recruit will be the reason you either succeed or fail
• What Paul looked for as he built his team
• Attracting new talent with apprenticeships and raising the profile of the industry
• Retraining people from other business units through secondments and incubators
• Importance of raising the profile of data internally through upskilling sessions and building communities
• How to create that compelling narrative and what should go into it
• Why people have turned down more money elsewhere to join Paul’s team
• Some great tips on how to get the Diversity & Inclusion balance right

In Episode 45 of Season 2, of Driven By Data: The Podcast our CEO Kyle Winterbottom is joined by Lara Izlan, Director of Data Strategy at ITV, where they discuss the role of Data in business transformation, which includes;

• The group-wide, multi-year Data Strategy and what it incorporates
• How that supports the wider ITV corporate Digital Transformation Strategy
• The benefits of a cross-functional team structure
• Data-Driven Thinking V Value-Led approach
• The importance of cultural and mindshift change
• How ITV are realising the “promise of value”
• Why the iterative approach has been a key to success
• Why the product-way is realising commercial value
• Mapping every activity and idea to a financial figure
• Value V Prioritisation
• The importance of “better conversations”
• Moving from service centre to partner
• How to accelerate change
• Why transformation needs to be visible at all levels

In Episode 44 of Season 2, of Driven By Data: The Podcast our CEO Kyle Winterbottom is joined by Caroline Carruthers, CEO at Carruthers and Jackson. Where they discuss Data ethics, which include:

• The evolution of the summer school 
• What is sdata ethics
• The Importance of data and analytics
• Why Data Ethics has become a “thing”
• How organisations tangibly implement Data & Analytics into their organisation
• How does this affect the wider Data & Analytics Ecosystem
• Tips on do’s and don’ts
• Where Data Ethics sits on a business's agenda

In Episode 43 of Season 2, on Driven By Data, Kyle Winterbottom is joined by Chief Analytics Officer at Healthfirst, Christer Johnson, where they discuss using Machine Learning to scale personalization in healthcare, which includes:

• What personalization means from a health care perspective and its importance
• How to help members get access to the healthcare they require
• The importance of health equity and what Healthfirst are doing to combat that
• How ML is leveraged for personalization
• How to know what to prioritise and optimize
• The results of this and the next best action from there
• What role digital transformation is playing within the healthcare setting (wait times/treatment/appointments, etc)
• An insight to what the future looks like for Healthfirst
• How to put a tangible metric on value added, as a not for profit

In Episode 42 of Season 2, on Driven By Data, Kyle Winterbottom is joined by Chief Data & Analytics Officer at Team One, Prachi Priya, where they discuss how to enable a Data Culture in the world of Analytics, which includes:

• How the evolution of analytics maturity affected the role of the CDO
• Ways to adapt to the constant advancing market trends
• The definition of Data Culture
• Key components that make up Data Culture
• How to enable that culture and allow it to flourish
• How to go about gaining buy-in from the C-Suit
• Prachi's experience in regards to the relationship between DEI and Data Culture

In Episode 41 of Season 2, on Driven By Data, Kyle Winterbottom is joined by Senior Vice President of Customer Analytics & Marketing at Popular Bank, Alyssa Elser, where they discuss how combining different disciplines can help unlock the power of Data, which includes:

• The process of building the CA function from scratch
• Why this was on the business agenda and its purpose
• Specific disciplines that have been merged together and how this was decided
• What this means in reality, in terms of what it allowed Alyssa to create
• The benefits and challenges of building the CA function
• Details regarding the team at Popular Bank e.g. size
• Benefits of coupling Data & Analytics with research
• How the element of cultural change was managed/addressed amongst the new function build
• How all of this tied back to the Data/Insights strategy as-well as the Business strategy

In Episode 40 of Season 2, on Driven By Data, Kyle Winterbottom is joined by, Maggie Remynse, Vice President for Curriculum for Data Camp, where they discuss how Data Education is the foundation of value creation, which includes:

• The role Data Literacy has in Digital Transformation
• Why Data Education is so important in data analytics
• Why organisations should conduct a skill-gap analysis
• What needs to be included for this to be done successfully
• How organisations can upskill their employees
• How to manage expectations around what business leaders expect, regarding upskilling
• The, not so obvious, benefits of upskilling
• How to approach differences between skill gaps and data literacy gaps
• What some of the successful Data Literacy programmes do that others don't
• How to reach Maggie for more information regarding her profession and opportunities

In Episode 39 of Season 2, on Driven By Data, Kyle Winterbottom is joined by People Analytics and Insight Director at HMRC, Ian Wallis, where they discuss how the combination of people and analytics is a recipe for success, which includes:

• Discussion around Ian's published book, what led to writing it, and the main goal of it
• The gap between the theory and the reality of data implementation
• Anything during the research phase that surprised Ian
• How to go about building a high-performance team and how to know when you are actually "there"
• Why despite most businesses struggle to attract and retain talent, people analytics remains one of the lowest adopted areas of analytics
• The role of the People Analytics function
• How People Analytics differs to working in the customer arena
• What is considered the measure of success in influencing an organisation the size of HMRC
• Where the battle for talent stands in the future