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