In Episode 49 of Driven by Data: The Podcast, Kyle Winterbottom is joined by Karen Jean-Francois, Analytics Manager at Cardlytics, where they discuss how people can craft the career they want in Data & Analytics, her humbling career journey so far and how she overcame imposter syndrome, which includes;

• Moving from the Caribbean to Paris to London
• Her struggles of living away from home & her family
• The transition from performing at the European Championships into the world of Data
• Why she hosts the Women In Data Podcast
• How she was awarded the 20 in Data & Technology 2020
• Why she struggled to find her place & voice
• The importance of role models and networking on her career
• How she joined Cardlytics as the only female in the team
• Why she had a huge case of Imposter Syndrome and how she overcame it
• How she realised it was all in her own mind
• Why it prevented her from being promoted despite knowing she was doing great work
• The importance of opening up about Imposter Syndrome
• Why company culture is so important to deal with Imposter Syndrome
• How to go from diagnosis to action (to start addressing the problem)
• The journey from introvert with imposter syndrome to winning industry awards and podcast host
• The technical V commercial debate
• How she almost quit Data & Analytics to become a pastry chef
• That she realized that she had so far let others decide what my career would look like
• The importance of owning your own career and defining what you want it to be
• Her top questions for crafting your career:

1. Where are you at today?
2. Where would you like to be and why?
3. What's stopping you from getting there?
4. How are you going to overcome these blockers?

In Episode 45 of Season 2, of Driven By Data: The Podcast our CEO Kyle Winterbottom is joined by Lara Izlan, Director of Data Strategy at ITV, where they discuss the role of Data in business transformation, which includes;

• The group-wide, multi-year Data Strategy and what it incorporates
• How that supports the wider ITV corporate Digital Transformation Strategy
• The benefits of a cross-functional team structure
• Data-Driven Thinking V Value-Led approach
• The importance of cultural and mindshift change
• How ITV are realising the “promise of value”
• Why the iterative approach has been a key to success
• Why the product-way is realising commercial value
• Mapping every activity and idea to a financial figure
• Value V Prioritisation
• The importance of “better conversations”
• Moving from service centre to partner
• How to accelerate change
• Why transformation needs to be visible at all levels

In Episode 46 of Season 2, of Driven By Data: The Podcast our CEO Kyle Winterbottom is joined by Paul French, Director of Data & Analytics at First Central, where they discuss how to attract great talent, to build great teams, which includes;

• Why First Central defines its business as an “innovator in data”
• Why he decided to set up Data Culture & Product Team
• The 3 characteristics that made him join the business and how the business could articulate this clearly
• Why he prioritised building the team in his first 6 months
• Why you need a talent strategy just as you need a strategy for any business problem
• How they amplified their story across the networks to drive inbound interest
• How he worked with his internal TA team and figured out what role he needed to play
• Why the team you recruit will be the reason you either succeed or fail
• What Paul looked for as he built his team
• Attracting new talent with apprenticeships and raising the profile of the industry
• Retraining people from other business units through secondments and incubators
• Importance of raising the profile of data internally through upskilling sessions and building communities
• How to create that compelling narrative and what should go into it
• Why people have turned down more money elsewhere to join Paul’s team
• Some great tips on how to get the Diversity & Inclusion balance right