Driven by Data: The Podcast

Data Debrief: Lighthouse Projects, AI Slop and the Case for Being Memorable

Welcome to another episode of Data Debrief, the companion show to Driven By Data: The Podcast. Catherine Dowden-King and Kyle Winterbottom reflect on the first recording

S7 | Ep 31 | Data Foundations Only Get Funded When They’re Tied to a Business Outcome with Barry Panayi, Sarah Barr Miller, Sid Shah and Nina Bryant (recorded live at Driven by Data LIVE 2026)

In Episode 31 of Season 7 of Driven by Data: The Podcast, Kyle Winterbottom is joined by Barry Panayi, Chief Data Officer at Howden, Sarah Barr Miller, Chief Data Officer

Data Debrief: Halloween Special!

In this week's Data Debrief, Catherine Dowden-King & Kyle Winterbottom have a special Halloween episode! They discuss the tricks of the market, the horror stories that pe

S7 | Ep 30 | Leader of the Year, Di Mayze, Chief Data & AI Officer, Marks and Spencer

In Episode 30 of Season 7 of Driven by Data: The Podcast, Catherine Dowden-King is joined by Di Mayze, Chief Data and AI Officer at Marks & Spencer, where they discuss wh

Data Debrief: FOMO isn't a Strategy! Culture, Context & The Black Box Problem

Welcome to another episode of Data Debrief, the companion show to Driven by Data: The Podcast, hosted by Catherine Dowden-King and Kyle Winterbottom. This week, Catherin

S7 | Ep 29 | $1bn Profit, 400 People, One Data Leader Who Isn’t an Actuary: Why Clean Data Still Isn’t AI-Ready with Lee Fulmer, Head of Data at Canada Life Reinsurance

In Episode 29 of Season 7 of Driven by Data: The Podcast, Kyle Winterbottom is joined by Lee Fulmer, Head of Data at Canada Life Reinsurance, where they discuss why clean

Data Debrief: Russian Bots, LIVE was hot & Kyle weeps as he's getting old

In Episode 28 of Season 7 of Data Debrief, Catherine Dowden-King and Kyle Winterbottom look back on a packed Driven by Data Live and the lessons from its roundtables. The

S7 | Ep 28 | The Data Translation Challenge with German Faraoni, Global Director of Shared Services for Data at Reckitt

In Episode 28 of Season 7 of Driven by Data: The Podcast, Kyle Winterbottom is joined by German Faraoni, Global Director of Shared Services for Data at Reckitt, where the

Data Debrief: ASOS Breach, AI Index & Driven by Data LIVE

In this episode of the Data Debrief, Catherine Dowden-King and Kyle Winterbottom reflect on the week's news and the latest Driven by Data: The Podcast interview, with Tom

S7 | Ep 27 | The Secret to Enterprise AI Success according to HP with Tom Sadler, Data Science and AI Solutions Lead, HP

In Episode 27 of Season 7 of Driven by Data: The Podcast, Kyle Winterbottom is joined by Tom Sadler, Data Science and AI Business Solution Lead at HP, where they discuss

Data Debrief: Dark Hair, AI Nightmare & The Biggest Role in Data?

Catherine and Kyle are deep in event-season chaos this week — the printed Driven by Data magazine has just gone to print, the digital edition is about to launch, and Driv

S7 | Ep 26 | 300 days as the UK Governments CDO with Aimee Smith, UK Government Chief Data Officer, UK Civil Service

In Episode 26 of Season 7 of Driven by Data: The Podcast, Kyle Winterbottom is rejoined by Aimee Smith, Chief Data Officer at the UK Government, where they discuss her mo

Data Debrief: Networking, Intentionality & CVs that stand out

In this week's Data Debrief, Kyle Winterbottom and Catherine Dowden-King recap the Future of Data, AI & BI Summit with Starburst, share Catherine's top tips for networkin

S7 | Ep 25 | The Autonomic Business: Why AI Is a Leveller, Not an Advantage with Simon Turner, Chief Technology Officer at FOIL AI

In Episode 24 of Season 7 of Driven by Data: The Podcast, Kyle Winterbottom is joined by Simon Turner, Chief Technology Officer at FOIL AI, where they discuss the "autono

Data Debrief: We get Political

In this week's Data Debrief, Catherine Dowden-King and Kyle Winterbottom are recording a day early ahead of a busy stretch in London – a custom client event, the Future o

S7 | Ep 24 | Are you a Merchant of Self-Inflicted Complexity? David Castro-Gavino, Executive Director, Head of Data Deployment at AstraZeneca and Boyan Angelov, Principal Strategist at Exxeta

In Episode 24 of Season 7 of Driven by Data: The Podcast, Kyle Winterbottom is rejoined by David Castro-Gavino, Executive Director, Head of Data Deployment at AstraZeneca

Data Debrief: Schools Back, AI Attack & the future of paid employment

In Episode 23 of Season 7 of Data Debrief, Catherine Dowden-King and Kyle Winterbottom unpack Tuesday's conversation with Greg Freeman, CEO and Founder of Data & AI Liter

S7 | Ep 23 | Redesigning Organisations for AI-Driven Competitive Advantage with Greg Freeman, CEO & Founder, Data & AI Literacy Academy

In Episode 23 of Season 7 of Driven by Data: The Podcast, Kyle Winterbottom is rejoined by Greg Freeman, CEO & Founder at Data & AI Literacy Academy, where they discuss w

Data Debrief: Creepy AI Teddy, Running App Renters & The beginning of the Real AI Use cases

In this week's Data Debrief, Kyle Winterbottom and Catherine Dowden-King unpack a ChatGPT-powered "smart learning" teddy bear aimed at three-year-olds, and use it as a wa

S7 | Ep 22 | Getting AI out the Sandbox and into Production with Chris Pearce, Chief Data & AI Officer, Ageas

In Episode 22 of Season 7 of Driven by Data: The Podcast, Kyle Winterbottom is joined by Chris Pearce, Chief Data and AI Officer at Ageas, where they discuss why so few o