E123 - Harry Chan - Utilising Data Analytics, AI, ML, & RPA in Private Healthcare

What would you tell the future data analytics leaders of the
world, if you had a chance?


When you encourage innovation in your team, you’re guiding your
successors too.


So how can you improve performance and encourage innovation in
your team using data analytics and emerging technologies?


Catch the latest TAS episode to hear it from Kari Jones.
Meet Kari Jones Kari’s Role as a Data Analytics Leader

Kari Jones is a General Manager of Analytics & Insights at
Countdown Supermarkets. Countdown is New Zealand's largest
supermarket chain, operating over 180 stores and serving about 3
million customers every week. Their parent company, Woolworths
New Zealand, employs more than 18,000 New Zealanders, making it
one of the country’s largest private employers.
Kari’s Other Work in Data Analytics

Over the past 10 years, Kari has worked with a range of iconic
organisations in senior data-focused leadership roles, each time
with the objective of increasing the organisation’s digital and
analytics maturity. In the past, she has taken up roles with New
Zealand Post, Air New Zealand, New Zealand Lacrosse, NZME., PwC
New Zealand, and more.


In between her work with Countdown Supermarkets, Kari is also an
Advisory Board Member on the Risk & Assurance Committee with
Stats NZ. Stats NZ supplies some of New Zealand’s most important
statistics, data, and insights to allow decision makers to make
informed decisions to improve social, economic and environmental
growth for New Zealanders. They are the source of official
statistics and the leader of the Official Statistics System and
of New Zealand’s public sector data and analytics system.
Supermarkets, Performance, and Innovation In this exclusive
analytics podcast episode, Kari shares:

Where her passion for sports comes from

Her experience volunteering for AFL New Zealand and Sports
New Zealand

The history of Lacrosse

Her role as the General Manager of Analytics & Insights
at Countdown Supermarkets

Apart from operational analytics, what the next frontier is
in using data, analytics, or emerging technologies to improve
performance in this industry

How the organisation views and plans to fend off competition
from startups that challenge the status quo in the market

Encouraging more innovation in terms of business models,
revenue models, or product models

The leadership style to encourage this innovation

Passing on this knowledge to future leaders in the business
team

One key lesson she wants to share when passing on the baton
to her successor



If you are a data analytics leader looking to improve performance
or encourage innovation using data in your organisation, this is
the episode you do not want to miss.