Episode 21

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28th Mar 2023

S3 | Ep 21 | Building a Successful Data Academy with Hannah Davies, Head of Data Academy at Admiral Group

In Episode 21 of Season 3, of Driven By Data: The Podcast, Kyle Winterbottom is joined by Hannah Davies, Head of Data Academy at Admiral Group, where they discuss what it takes to build an effective Data Academy, which includes; 

  • The importance of stakeholder engagement 
  • Why it’s always about people 
  • The journey of building a Data Academy community of 700 people 
  • Why a Data Academy is so much more than training 
  • Why the first hire into the Data Academy was an engagement and content officer 
  • Having the ability to remove silos 
  • Why data is the answer 
  • The force that brings together; literacy, adoption, upskilling, development, community
  • The different ways of working with different sizes of data teams 
  • Being a great place to work for data professionals 
  • The importance of giving people a way to engage without forcing it on them
  • The 5 key pillars of the Data Academy 
  • Why the element of community is her proudest achievement 
  • What the community is made up of 
  • How to cater for different audiences 
  • Why many people have “taught fear”
  • Removing the barrier of making a business decision with data
  • How to change mindset and build confidence 
  • The difference between data training and data culture 
  • Tackling culture, adoption and literacy 
  • Things to think about if you’re in the process of building a Data Academy 
  • Upskilling, reskilling and retention  
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About the Podcast

Driven by Data: The Podcast
Designed for Data Enthusiasts to hear from the Data & Analytics industry's thought leaders
Orbition Group is delighted to bring you this podcast series, which is designed for Data Enthusiasts, to hear from some of the most high-profile Data, Analytics and AI thought leaders from around the globe.

Each episode will detail the guests journey to the top while bringing unique insights, drawn from first-hand experience on the industry’s most trending topics.

This podcast was created as a way for our industry's most respected leadership figures from across the world to give back to the Data & Analytics community, by sharing; knowledge, experiences and ideas, to inspire, innovate and provide real-life use cases on the industries most pressing topics/challenges.

About your host

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Kyle Winterbottom

Founder of Orbition Group, a Search and Talent Solutions business that operates exclusively within the world of Data, Analytics & AI.

I am hugely passionate about enabling organisations to drive decisions and obtain value from the use of Data, Analytics & Artificial Intelligence.

As such, I believe it is imperative that as a community, we share; knowledge, ideas, real-life use cases and inspiration to collectively give back to our industry.

Given my fortunate position of speaking with hundreds, if not thousands of leadership figures within the global Data & Analytics community each year , I feel it is my duty to share the successes, failures, challenges and opportunities.

Therefore, I have positioned Orbition Group to be a facilitator of that knowledge sharing, through these podcasts, events we host and public speaking.