Episode 2: Making Insight Land – Data Storytelling with Ross Durston

In Episode 2 of the Capability Curve, Jennifer Cozzi is joined by Ross Durston, Co-Founder and Chief Data & Storytelling Officer at Finding Stories, to explore why data storytelling is a career and business differentiator – not a “soft skill”. Ross shares what it felt like early in his career: confident doing the analysis, but […]
The Rise of Adoption and Education Roles in Tech

Organisations are investing in people who enable change. Driving this is a technology landscape that is evolving faster than ever. From AI-powered automation and cloud transformation to increasingly sophisticated cyber threats, organisations are not just investing in new technologies, they ‘re investing in people who help others adopt and use them effectively and responsibly. At […]
How do you negotiate the current job market?

The job market has been shifting fast, and if you’re actively looking (or thinking about moving), it can feel tougher than it “should” be. Permanent roles are down, competition is up, and even strong candidates are finding they need to be more intentional about how they show up, apply, and interview. This piece, written by […]
What Makes a True Strategic Talent Partner? Reflections from 10 Years at CVM People

Jennifer Cozzi, Director of Resourcing and Client Services, reflects on a decade of learnings at CVM People. I can’t believe it was only 10 years ago that I left teaching to join CVM People – a complete 180 on my initial career path and quite a shock to my family and friends. I had always […]
Building Marketing & CRM Capability at Whittard of Chelsea
Episode 1: Building Resilient Commercial & Marketing Teams with Natalie Milner

Introducing The Capability Curve: A new series of candid conversations with senior marketing, data, and technology leaders, revealing the real stories behind how they reshaped their functions to drive business growth and lead meaningful transformation. Hosted by CVM People’s Karl Dixon and Jennifer Cozzi, the series reflects our belief that business challenges begin and end […]
Placing the Director of Product – Consumer and B2B Regulated Products

The Challenge Our client, one of the most iconic brands in the UK, engaged CVM People to appoint a Director of Product – Consumer and B2B Regulated Services – a pivotal leadership role at the heart of the organisation’s strategy to deliver outstanding customer outcomes and commercial growth across its Consumer and B2B businesses. This […]
Subject-matter-led talent acquisition drives business expansion

Our client has been working tireless to evolve their Data, Marketing and Analytical capabilities for many years now, but due to changes in ownership and a lack of investment they have often struggled to attract the right skills
Leadership Team Design & Exec Search

The new CDO (Chief Data Officer) at our client needed to re-design his existing operating model, to better support the demands of the business from the data team
Data Science Team Design & Build

Our client had a huge database of purchases and social media data from 50m+ Facebook followers but did nothing with the data.