In Episode 39 of Season 2, on Driven By Data, Kyle Winterbottom is joined by People Analytics and Insight Director at HMRC, Ian Wallis, where they discuss how the combination of people and analytics is a recipe for success, which includes:

• Discussion around Ian's published book, what led to writing it, and the main goal of it
• The gap between the theory and the reality of data implementation
• Anything during the research phase that surprised Ian
• How to go about building a high-performance team and how to know when you are actually "there"
• Why despite most businesses struggle to attract and retain talent, people analytics remains one of the lowest adopted areas of analytics
• The role of the People Analytics function
• How People Analytics differs to working in the customer arena
• What is considered the measure of success in influencing an organisation the size of HMRC
• Where the battle for talent stands in the future

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 40 of Season 2, on Driven By Data, Kyle Winterbottom is joined by, Maggie Remynse, Vice President for Curriculum for Data Camp, where they discuss how Data Education is the foundation of value creation, which includes:

• The role Data Literacy has in Digital Transformation
• Why Data Education is so important in data analytics
• Why organisations should conduct a skill-gap analysis
• What needs to be included for this to be done successfully
• How organisations can upskill their employees
• How to manage expectations around what business leaders expect, regarding upskilling
• The, not so obvious, benefits of upskilling
• How to approach differences between skill gaps and data literacy gaps
• What some of the successful Data Literacy programmes do that others don't
• How to reach Maggie for more information regarding her profession and opportunities