S3 | Ep 3 | Data; A People Sport with Liz Henderson, Executive Advisor (and NED) at Capgemini

In Episode 3 of Season 3, of Driven By Data: The Podcast our CEO Kyle Winterbottom is joined by Liz Henderson, Executive Advisor (and NED) at Capgemini, where they discuss how data is ultimately a people sport, which includes; How a bad experience shaped her appreciation of change management Why the resistance to change occursWhy you’ve got to get the key influencers in a business to drive the change How to identify and engage those key influencersThe ‘top down’ and ‘bottom-up’ questions to ask Why you shouldn’t highlight top down business objectives Why most data strategies are too high-level and don’t include people or actionsWhy there’s minimal investment into change managementThe trend of siloed data strategies and the associated risks How to make data relatable to people on an individual level Why data is just a hype train How to deliver value without support from senior leadership Why you shouldn’t jump in feet first The 5 “Why’s” of Data How to benchmark an organisations data-driven status Why the non-exec table needs to be convinced of dataWhy being challenged demonstrates a data-literate organisation The term “data” switches people off How 90% of organisations are investing in data, but 90% claim their biggest challenge is a people/cultural one Why data will be a P&L asset in the future