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DataIQ Member Case Study: Zurich Insurance – A new approach for a bright new data era

Zurich Insurance data leaders discuss their data transformation journey, providing unique insights for developing data operations in a highly regulated legacy business.
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Number of women in entry-level data roles more than halved in 2023

The proportion of women in entry-level data roles has more than halved in the UK and the US and declined in the EU data industry in 2023.
DataIQ DEI Working Group – Initial challenges, finding allies and assessing impacts
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DataIQ DEI Working Group – Initial challenges, finding allies and assessing impacts

DataIQ has set up a DEI working group and Manraj Othi, lead decision scientist at Starbucks, took the time to chat with our editor to discuss why DEI is important and his experiences.
CDO Challenges – Recruitment in an era of skills shortages
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CDO Challenges – Recruitment in an era of skills shortages

This edition of CDO Challenges looks at one of the most long-standing issues facing data teams – recruitment and retaining talent – and how CDOs can entice the next generation to work with them.
Girls Into Coding – Addressing inequality in data and nurturing new talent
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Girls Into Coding – Addressing inequality in data and nurturing new talent

Girls Into Coding is a social enterprise determined to improve the gender imbalance in the tech space, challenge stereotypes and engage with underprivileged girls to develop new skills.
Developing future talent – Anumana Code Academy
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Developing future talent – Anumana Code Academy

Data leaders are creating academies and programmes to reach young students to remove the barriers to entry for data careers and improve diversity in future talent pipelines.
Data literacy – Not adding up for finance
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Data literacy – Not adding up for finance

New findings show that data literacy, a cornerstone of the DataIQ Way, will be the most sought-after skill for financial services by 2030 as confidence levels among staff slip.
Corndel and Imperial College Business School – Developing data skills and talent
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Corndel and Imperial College Business School – Developing data skills and talent

In response to unprecedented demand, Corndel has teamed up with Imperial College Business School to create professional apprenticeships that organisations can utilise to increase their capabilities in data management, leadership and technology.
Howzat? The data behind sport
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Howzat? The data behind sport

The variation in gameplay for cricket is diverse thanks to multiple competition formats and intricate data knowledge can make the difference for a test match lasting five days. To explain this in more detail, Hannah Jowitt, Disability and Pathway Analyst at the England & Wales Cricket Board, spoke with DataIQ to explore the changes in cricket data in recent years, where it looks set to go and how data is helping select the future stars of the sport.
Keep your eye on the ball: How data analysis is impacting football in Spain
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Keep your eye on the ball: How data analysis is impacting football in Spain

Football is the number one sport in the world, but how can it be improved for players, teams, fans and more? Rafael Zambrano, head of data science at LaLiga, spoke with DataIQ to explain where data and analytics were for Spain’s top flight football league and where it is set to go in the future.
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