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In this podcast, Jason talks to Mahesh Bharadhwaj, Head of Europe Analytics at Funding Circle, a specialist financial institution that helps small businesses with loans and funding.  Mahesh shares his journey in data and analytics, his role at Funding Circle, and how to build a team capable of adding value to a company through the use of data. He also describes how to build respect with other stakeholders and departments outside the data department.

In this podcast, Jason talks to Tim Connold, Head of Consulting at Cynozure, about using good product management to drive value. Tim shares his data and digital journeys and talks about the importance to focus on increasing value for customers, how product management fits within a data strategy, the balance between strategy for insights and daily operations and what you need to carry out good product management.

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.