In this episode, Jason Foster talks with Rachel Keane, Chief Data Inspirer of DigData, and Jean Panagamuwa Chief, Data Risk Officer of Capital One, about how important it is to build diversity in an organisation. They discuss how a diverse workforce provides multiple alternative solutions to business problems, challenges and benefits of diverse teams and the importance of connecting with young people to create eligibility.

In this episode, Jason Foster announces the launch of IMPACT, a collective cross-community mission to create positive outcomes and make a lasting impact. The aim is to get helpful data advice, guidance, and hands-on assistance to the not-for-profit sector in support of business and data goals. Jason talks about how data impacts various activities, why firms should focus on making data inclusive, and how listeners and the data community can contribute to Impact and make a real difference.

In this podcast, Jason Foster speaks to Jennifer Agnes, Managing Director of the Cynozure Group in the US, about creating a data management strategy that is best suited for your business. Jennifer shares her incredible journey into data management and talks about the terms data management and data governance, how to choose the right tools for data management and how to plan out an effective data management strategy for your business.

In this episode, Jason Foster shares his insights on how effective communication is a powerful tool and what's needed to get it right. Jason talks about problems caused by poor communication, the importance of consistency, and the rule of seven.

In this episode, Jason Foster shares a recent personal experience he had as a consumer, and how it relates to data governance and data management. Jason talks about the importance of data management, what can go wrong with poor data management, and why data governance has a direct impact on the success of an organisation.

In this episode, Jason Foster speaks with Dr. Johanna Hutchinson, UK Health Security Agency’s Director of Analytics & Data Science and DataIQ’s third most influential person in Data (dataIQ 100 The Most Influential People in DATA 2021), about using data to manage the UK's COVID response. The collection of data and information has become crucial to fight the worldwide health crisis brought by the COVID-19 pandemic. Johanna talks about the data management of National Health Security in the first months of the pandemic, managing the impact of the pandemic and advice given by the Joint Biosecurity Centre during the early pandemic times.

In this podcast, Jason Foster speaks to Christian Koblmiller, Chief Data Officer at the International Committee of the Red Cross. They cover the different intricacies of collecting and analysing data in the humanitarian sector and the impact it can have.  Christian shares his experience as CDO, his role at the International Committee of the Red Cross, challenges around data in the humanitarian sector and how humanitarian organisations rely heavily on data to make crucial decisions when responding to humanitarian support and disaster relief.

In this episode, Jason Foster talks through the emerging concept of ESG which is the convergence of concepts and principles associated with the environment, society, and corporate governance. With more focus on these topics across business and government, it's important that your data strategy considers ESG and ensures the complex and disparate data and metrics have been well thought through. Jason provides a summary of the way to approach this topic.

In this episode of the Hub & Spoken special series we look back at the conversations we've had with some of the industries best up and coming, and established, leaders.