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, communityThe 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 themThe 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 dataHow 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