Paul Chapman, Global Director of Client Data and Analytics, JLL
How are you developing the data literacy of your organisation, including the skills of your data teams and of your business stakeholders? Creating a data fluency culture is at the heart of what we do as a team and a business. We have two dedicated functions working on different approaches to solving the problem, […]
Johanna Hutchinson, Chief Data Officer, BAE Systems
Data literacy is a key enabler of the value and impact from data. How are you approaching this within your organisation? The collective achievement of civil service teams across the Covid response was equipping the public with an understanding of how data and analysis was used to assess the impact of the pandemic, and how […]
Dan Taffler, Group Director of Data and Analytics, Reach PLC
How are you developing the data literacy of your organisation, including the skills of your data teams and of your business stakeholders? For me the key thing for developing data fluency and a data culture in organisations has been to partner with the business on delivering business outcomes and solving problems (often without mentioning […]
Kate Sargent, Chief Data Officer, Financial Times
Data literacy is a key enabler of the value and impact from data. How are you approaching this within your organisation? I could not agree more. I have a direct reporting function in my current role that is responsible for improving the engagement with, adoption of, and impact from data across the organisation. […]
Miriam Vizvary, Chief Data and Analytics Officer, The AA
Data literacy is a key enabler of the value and impact from data. How are you approaching this within your organisation? Some areas within the organisation are quite mature, whereas others are lagging behind. I think the biggest improvement I have seen to date is that no one questions the importance of data anymore. […]
Kinnari Ladha, Chief Data Officer, Merlin Entertainments
How are you developing the data literacy of your organisation, including the skills of your data teams and of your business stakeholders? Over the next thrilling five years, Merlin Entertainments is on the verge of a spectacular journey, setting its sights on data and digital growth, operational efficiency, and a dazzling digital transformation. To […]
Sanjeevan Bala, Group Chief Data and AI Officer, ITV
Data literacy is a key enabler of the value and impact from data. How are you approaching this within your organisation? As a creative integrated producer distributor, data literacy was never going to be something the organisation readily engaged in. We took a value-based approach to our data strategy and, in doing so, could map […]
Helen Mannion, Global Data Director, Specsavers
Data literacy is a key enabler of the value and impact from data. How are you approaching this within your organisation? Enabling individuals to create value from data is a core part of our strategy. We have a dedicated enablement function to make sure we are always thinking about how to achieve this across all […]
Lester Berry, Director of Analytics and Data Science, John Lewis Partnership
Data literacy is a key enabler of the value and impact from data. How are you approaching this within your organisation? There are six pillars in our data strategy, two of which are tackling data literacy. Firstly, we have a pillar around Self-Serve. We will only make the necessary culture change and realise […]
Andy Ruckley, Chief Data Officer, Sea
How are you developing the data literacy of your organisation, including the skills of your data teams and of your business stakeholders? Within Sea, we tailor our efforts in developing data literacy to the different teams, but there are some common themes that span them all. We encourage curiosity and ask people to take […]
Lorenzo Bavasso, Data and AI Director – Digital, BT Business
Data literacy is a key enabler of the value and impact from data. How are you approaching this within your organisation? We take data literacy very seriously and we have started our transformation journey together with a cultural shift and skill uplifting programme that is aimed for data and AI teams and a relevant […]
Russell Barton, EMEA Data Governance Manager, Starbucks
Data literacy is a key enabler of the value and impact from data. How are you approaching this within your organisation? For me, data literacy is an integral part of the data strategy of the business and has a strong part to play in ensuring successful data governance. When I designed the data governance […]
Gillian Tomlinson, Group Chief Digital and Data Officer, WEIR Group
Data literacy is a key enabler of the value and impact from data. How are you approaching this within your organisation? As a FTSE 100 150-year-old organisation, we pride ourselves on being an innovative mining engineering organisation that constantly adapts to servicing the changing needs of our customers and the external environment. In the […]
Nirali Patel, Group Vice President Data and AI, Liberty Global
Data literacy is a key enabler of the value and impact from data. How are you approaching this within your organisation? Establishing the data literacy across Liberty Global and its operating businesses has required vision and pragmatic implementation, with great collaboration. The focus has been twofold around upskilling the data teams and business stakeholders. […]
David Hayes, Chief Data Officer, The Open University
Data literacy is a key enabler of the value and impact from data. How are you approaching this within your organisation? Recognising the importance of a data-literate organisation, we are working to embed good data practices across the OU. This breaks down into three broad areas: We provide the tools, training, and skills necessary […]
Lauren Sager Weinstein, Chief Data Officer, Transport for London
Data literacy is a key enabler of the value and impact from data. How are you approaching this within your organisation? I have been consumed by a very exciting opportunity working to build our first ever pan-TfL data strategy. We have started this work by completing a data maturity assessment of where we are. […]
Martin Aylward, Head of Data and Tech, EDF
Data literacy is a key enabler of the value and impact from data. How are you approaching this within your organisation? Our vision is that everyone in EDF can deliver value using data, so data literacy and data democratisation is a key focus for us. Some of the actions we have taken include: Rolling […]
Tom Spencer, Director of Customer Data Sciences, Aviva
Data literacy is a key enabler of the value and impact from data. How are you approaching this within your organisation? We try to promote data literacy in several ways at Aviva. For example, we have data training for all employees and a company-wide data community of practice that enables anyone to get involved. […]
Robert Kent, Chief Data Officer, Pets at Home
What stage has your organisation reached on its data maturity journey? Somewhere between data cultured and data native. We are fortunate to have board level representation – in me; tangible financial results which we are measured by; and our business and data strategies are in lock-step. That’s not to say that, by any stretch, we […]
Craig Suckling, Worldwide Head of Data Strategy, Amazon Web Services
What key skills or attributes do you consider have contributed to your success in this role? Staying customer obsessed, challenging myself to think big, and striving to create services that start small but scale fast. Being customer obsessed is about starting with the most important challenges customers are facing, and using that to guide where […]