Hub & Spoken: Data | Analytics | Chief Data Officer | CDO | Data Strategy
The original data podcast. The Hub and Spoken podcast is a series of fascinating discussions with today's top data and business leaders from across the business world. The conversations explore how to add most value to organisations through the use of data and analytics, and how best to organise yourself to achieve that value. It talks about how to define and deliver data strategy, and the best way to return business value.
- Update frequency
- every 11 days
- Average duration
- 36 minutes
- Episodes
- 105
- Years Active
- 2022 - 2025
Lessons Every Leader Can Use to Unlock Data and AI Success
In this episode of Hub & Spoken, host Jason Foster, CEO & Founder of Cynozure, is joined by James Lupton, Chief Technology Officer at Cynozure, to explore the findings from What Matters Most for Insu…
How great leadership teams create sustainable business growth
In this episode of Hub & Spoken, Jason Foster, CEO & Founder of Cynozure, speaks with David Germain, portfolio Non-Executive Director and former senior technology and transformation leader in banking…
Why change is so hard in insurance
Why is meaningful innovation so hard in insurance, and what can be done about it?
In this episode of Hub & Spoken, host Jason Foster is joined by John Turner, a global underwriting leader and expert …
Big change, small steps: Rethinking transformation
In this episode, we look at the real story behind transformation in data and AI, and why the classic big bang approach often fails to deliver lasting impact.
Jason explores when large-scale transform…
Building a business-led, AI-driven transformation at AXA
In this episode of Hub & Spoken, Jason Foster talks to Cali Wood, Head of Data and AI Strategy & Culture at AXA UK and Ireland.
Cali shares how AXA is shaping its data and AI transformation through a…
Embedding value into data and AI initiatives from day one
In this solo episode, Cynozure CEO Jason Foster explores what it really means to create value with data and AI and why it can't be treated as a nice-to-have outcome at the end of a project.
Jason bre…
Designing a data & AI strategy to strengthen a sector
In this episode of Hub & Spoken, Jason Foster, CEO & Founder of Cynozure, speaks with Lisa Allen, Director of Data at The Pensions Regulator (TPR), about the role of data in protecting savers and sha…
Real life, revealed: How behavioural data is shaping the future of business intelligence
Behavioural data is fast becoming a cornerstone of modern business strategy.
Not just for media measurement or advertising optimisation, but across product, pricing, logistics, and platform developme…
Business Intelligence in an AI world
In this episode of Hub & Spoken, Jason Foster speaks with Colin Zima, CEO and Co-founder of Omni, a modern business intelligence platform that combines the best of governance and usability. With a ba…
Why decision making is hard and how leaders can do it better
In this episode of Hub & Spoken, Jason Foster, CEO of Cynozure, goes solo and explores one of the most critical yet under-discussed business skills...decision making.
Drawing on real-world examples, …
How PensionBee uses data & AI for better customer experience and business growth
In this episode of Hub & Spoken, Jason Foster, CEO of Cynozure, chats with Luis Mejia, VP Data, Platforms & AI at PensionBee, about how the company is transforming the pension industry through smart …
Building a digital-first, female-centric insurance business
In this episode of Hub & Spoken, host Jason Foster welcomes Sam White, the multi-award-winning Founder of Freedom Services Group and Global Founder of Stella Insurance Australia.
Sam shares her jour…
Insights from Data Means Business, Second Edition
Jason's co-author, Barry Green, joins this next episode as they discuss the release of the second edition of "Data Means Business" on 25th March.
Returning for his third conversation on the podcast,…
Gender Diversity in Data & AI with Lou Hutchins, Director of Data Culture and Literacy at Cynozure and Rose Attridge, Strategy Advisor at Cynozure
Measuring the impact of sustainability with Adam Elman, Director of Sustainability - EMEA, at Google
In this episode, host Jason Foster is joined by Adam Elman, Director of Sustainability - EMEA, at Google.
Together they explore defining sustainability from environmental, social and governance p…
The impact of AI on young people and education with Amanda Bickerstaff, CEO & Founder, AI for Education
In this episode, host Jason Foster is joined by Amanda Bickerstaff, CEO & Founder, AI for Education.
Together they explore the impact of AI on young people, particularly in the context of educatio…
The Psychology of Leadership with Lara Menke, Leadership Psychologist & Executive Coach
In this episode, host Jason Foster is joined by Lara Menke, Leadership Psychologist & Executive Coach.
Together they explore leadership development and the application of business psychology to im…
The Future of the Chief Data Officer with Barry Panayi, Chief Data and Insight Officer at John Lewis Partnership
Unlocking retail innovation through data with Susie Moan, CDO at Currys
In this episode, host Jason Foster is joined by Susie Moan, Chief Data Officer at Currys and member of Cynozure's Advisory Board. They explore some of the highlights of Susie’s accomplished career in…