LEAD WITH DATA Podcast

Tanya Graham, who is the Executive General Manager of Strategic Programs at Healthscope.

With a diverse career spanning across various industries, Tanya brings a fresh perspective and a wealth of opportunities for new ideas and technologies to the organisations she has collaborated with. Tanya joined Healthscope at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, which presented her with the challenge of navigating an unfamiliar industry while operating in an environment that demanded swift responsiveness from the healthcare sector. During our conversation, Tanya shared her valuable experiences, highlighting the strategies implemented to address the challenges posed by the pandemic. She also emphasises the role of analytics in shaping their decision-making process and shed light on the initiatives being undertaken to aid in the recoveries that the industry was impacted with COVID-19.

David Rankin is currently the Director of Clinical Governance and Informatics at Cabrini Health. He is a highly accomplished Specialist Medical Practitioner with an impressive track record spanning over 30 years. Throughout his career, he has held numerous senior leadership positions in health service delivery and policy, demonstrating his extensive expertise in the field. David's experience is diverse and impactful. He has provided clinical governance to the medical services of a prominent teaching hospital, ensuring the highest standards of care.

In this episode David shares with us his strategies and tips on how to overcome the challenges of getting data to specialists that then result in driving value.

We talk about:

• What an ideal healthcare environment looks like
• The common challenges when delivering data to frontline staff such as specialists, doctors, etc
• Strategies that have worked for him and the importance of bridging this gap.

Wendy Chapman is the Director of Informatics at Melbourne University. She has a PhD in Medical Informatics from the University of Utah. Specialising in natural language processing (NLP), her research primarily revolves around the extraction of information from clinical reports. Wendy's contributions to the field extend beyond her individual research. She led the American Medical Informatics Association NLP Working Group and she actively collaborates with others in the development of shared conventions and resources for NLP.

Today's show focuses on improving healthcare through innovation and technology.

We discuss:

• The role of universities in healthcare data.
• Challenges faced by the healthcare sector.
• Leveraging data and technology for better healthcare.
• Benefits of adopting innovation and technology for analytics.
• The importance of digital health training.

Tune in to explore how innovation and technology can revolutionise healthcare delivery.

Our guest on the show is Emily Ryder - Chief Analytics Officer for St John of God Health care. Emily is a highly experienced executive who possesses a wealth of knowledge in the health and private health insurance industries. She is also a Board chair for an NFP specialising in family violence housing and support services.

Emily's has a proven background in implementing change programs by harnessing the power of data analytics and technology. She excels in leveraging digital technologies to enhance customer engagement and achieve favourable outcomes.

In our first episode of this season Emily shares her experience of what Analytics looks like in the private healthcare sector.

We discuss the following:

• An overview of the types of analytics that occur in the private healthcare sector, with a specific focus on hospitals.
• The key skills she believes are crucial for establishing a robust and effective team.
• The significance of fostering partnerships throughout the organization when implementing analytics initiatives.
• Professions that can seamlessly transition into roles involving medical and health data.
• Emily's thoughts on the future evolution of analytics in this domain.

It was an absolute pleasure to be joined by someone as successful and humble as Kendra Vant for the final episode of my female leader’s season of the Lead with Data podcast. What a great way to end the season hearing about Kendras journey to executive leadership. This is one for all to listen to.

We talk about her career journey and discuss more about her experience towards executive leadership.

• Roadblocks or challenges towards the journey of executive leadership
• Key attributes of an executive leader in data today
• What attributes should you look for in your team
• Learnings that help shape your career
• How you can build credibility as a leader

Kathryn has spent more than 15 years in government and banking and financial services combining analytics, innovation and customer-first thinking in a variety of analytics leadership roles. Having begun her career as a practitioner in Advanced Analytics, Kathryn brings an appreciation for the technical capabilities required to generate insight out of data.

On this episode we talk about the importance of having a data strategy that meets your business needs.

We cover:

• What a Data Strategy is?
• What makes a good strategy?
• How to ensure that a good strategy is tightly anchored to you business strategy
• What things should a data strategy cover and address
• How you quantify the value of Data and Analytics to an organisation’s bottom line
• How do you get executive buy-in for a Data Strategy

Clare has an impressive Data Analytics career having spent the early years of her career in consulting. She started her journey in mathematics and engineering and has had the opportunity to advise and work with global companies as they adapt and transform to the challenges and opportunities that data, technology and AI offer.

She enjoys the pace of change and constant innovation in the world of data, data science and technology. Working with the leadership teams of industry giants in retail, oil and gas and manufacturing to adapt to the change that data can enable as well as developed, Clare has led teams of designers, data engineers and scientists to create innovative data products.

On the show today we discuss the importance of Building the protocol and patterns when delivering data projects.

• What we mean when we say building a protocol or pattern
• What are the benefits and why do we need them
• Strategies on how to introduce them into your functions and roles
• How to balance process v creativity
• Who needs to be involved

Su Jella is the Director of Data & Insights at Tennis Australia and has been recognised as one of the Top 25 Analytics Leaders in Australia. Having worked for some well known organisations she has built up her career as an accomplished Data Leader entirely on her own merits and determination. In this episode we talk about Su's journey to becoming a data leader and cover the things that she believes helped her get to where she is now. For those of you, who have the ambition to become a leader, Su highlights the importance of what you can do to control the steer of your career.

We cover:

• The reasons why there is an under representation of females in this field
• What qualities does good leadership require
• The skill of moving away from being a technical practitioner to a leader
• Why females hold themselves back
• The things organisations can do to increase awareness in curbing the gap

Kylie is the Senior Manager of Data Governance at Bendigo and Adelaide Bank. Having held several key roles across the business she is currently responsible for leading and rolling out the data governance strategy for the organisation. Being a topical subject where organisations are making this more of a priority, in this episode you will hear about Kylie’s experience and views on some the strategies that she has adopted to lead this enterprise level initiative.  

We talk about: 

·  How you get started with driving this on an enterprise level

·  How to obtain the buy in and funding needed to set this up 

·  The process of educating the business about data governance

·  How culture and change play a key role in embedding data governance and how to

navigate the challenges.

·  Whose responsibility is data governance

Deevya Kumar is an experienced Data leader who has worked across a broad range of industries and spent the last three years of her career focused on Data management and Data Governance.

Deevya is passionate about Data Governance and building a community of Data Champions who can become advocates for driving best practice across Data management in organisations . She is recognized for her empathetic approach and abilities to lead and influence teams.

In this topic we explore more about the role of data governance and how you can link data governance to drive business value and outcomes.