Summer Special - What We've Learned So Far This Year
Halfway through the year feels like the perfect moment to pause, reflect, and ask: What have we learned? Before taking their summer break, K...
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Women in Data Podcast
Welcome to the Women in Data Podcast, where every other week your host, Karen Jean-Francois interviews some of the most inspiring women working in data. Through each episode, they share thei...
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20 of 107 episodesEp.164 - You Don't Have to Follow the Plan
What if changing direction didn't mean starting over? So many of us believe our careers should follow a logical path. But what happens when...
Ep. 163 - The AI-Powered Return: Using Tech Tools to Wake Up the Post-Maternity Brain
This episode features an incredibly candid and tech-forward conversation with Rachel Kirkham, CTO of Mindbridge. Rachel shares her raw exper...
Ep.162 - How to Navigate Office Politics Without Losing Yourself
In this episode of the Women in Data Podcast, Karen is joined by Marion Shaw to unpack one of the most uncomfortable — and least talked abou...
Ep. 161 - You don’t need to be ready: Redefining Success in Data Leadership
What does it really take to grow into leadership in data — especially if you didn’t come from a traditional technical background? In this ep...
Ep160 - From Analyst to Manager: What No One Tells You
Stepping into management should feel like the natural next step… right? But for many data professionals, becoming a manager feels less like...
Ep. 159 - Better Questions, Faster Answers: The Rise of Synthetic Audiences
What if you could ask your customers anything, and get an answer instantly? In this episode of the Women in Data Podcast, we explore synthet...
Ep.158 - Rejection Isn't Failure - So Why Do You Feel Stuck?
Rejection is something we all experience in our careers, but rarely talk about openly. In this episode, Karen and Cecilia have an honest con...
Ep.157 - Stop Shrinking in Your Role
Have you ever stepped into a new role… and suddenly felt smaller than you expected? You worked hard to get there. You have the experience. B...
Ep.156 - How to Use AI Without Losing Your Edge
Are we becoming worse at our jobs because we use AI? It’s a question so many of us are quietly asking. If AI can write the code, summarise t...
Ep. 155 - Questioning Your Career in Data Could be your Secret Superpower
In this cohosted episode Karen and Cecilia reflect on questioning their careers in data from imposter syndrome and leadership doubts to navi...
Ep.154 - How to Get Hired, Promoted & Paid What You Deserve as a Woman
The hiring system carries bias, and it shows. While efforts are made to solve this, it’s important that we take ownership of our own career....
Ep. 153 - You’re not Failing, you’re new: Starting a new job is hard
Starting a new job is meant to feel exciting but often, it’s also tiring, awkward, and quietly overwhelming. Even when it’s the right move....
Ep. 152 - AI Vs My Job
In this episode of the Women in Data Podcast, hosts Cecilia Oliveira and Karen Jean-Francois pull back the curtain on the "dirty little secr...
Ep.151 - How Data Leaders Build Influence Without Authority
In this episode, Karen is joined by Kinnari Ladha, Chief Data Officer, to explore why great data work often fails to land — and how communic...
Ep.150 - Four Mindsets to Set You Up for a Successful Year
What if the secret to a successful year was a shift in mindset? In the first episode of the year on the Women in Data Podcast, Karen is join...
Ep.149 - Do We Really Need Another Meeting?
Karen and Cecilia tackle a pain point every data professional knows: trying to stay aligned without packing your calendar with even more mee...
Ep. 148 - Startup Speed vs. Corporate Scale: Navigating AI Transformation
Are we getting AI transformation all wrong? Organisations are racing to adopt AI, but the gap between ambition and execution is wider than e...
Ep.147 - Building trust in data & AI: how data observability powers agents
In this episode, Karen is joined by Barr Moses, CEO and Co-founder of Monte Carlo, to explore how AI agents are transforming how data teams...
Ep. 146 - The Data Behind better Care
In this episode of the Women in Data Podcast, Cecilia chats with Beth Bauer, a healthcare data leader with nearly four decades of experience...