Ep 2 | Building Best in Class Analytics Teams with Rachel Pillsbury, Head of Insight at Riviera Travel

In Episode 2 of Driven by Data: The Podcast, Kyle Winterbottom is joined by Rachel Pillsbury, Head of Insight at Riviera Travel, where they discuss how she has built, best in class analytics teams. Fresh off the back of her triumph at the 'Data IQ Awards' where she collected the award for 'Data Analytics Team of the Year', Rachel provides fantastic insight and tangible advice into the key considerations of how to build great Data & Analytics teams, which includes: How she built the team from scratch Why (she thinks) they won the award The importance of Experimentation How to build a well-rounded analytics team Acquiring talent in a remote location Sourcing talent from within & when to go external Upskilling internal talent The importance of your degree Why our education system is creating a problem Alternative areas of study to explore Why you shouldn't focus solely on knowledge-based skills What skills are often overlooked? The business value