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Voice Notes while the Data Loads
by Timmy Cheung
Voice Notes while the Data Loads is the podcast for anyone who's ever felt like they're winging it. Host Timmy Cheung reveals what People Analytics work actually looks like: dashboards that panic you, leaders who want data to confirm their biases, and moments when imposter syndrome hits hard. Each bite-sized episode (5-10 minutes) tackles real struggles with honesty, unprofessionalism, and no corporate speak. Solo rants and guest conversations covering everything from engagement surveys to coffee shop AI converts. Perfect for your commute, coffee break, or while your data loads!
Episodes
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Episode XX - Its not a gut feeling. Its a hypothesis
Season 2 ends where Season 3 begins - with rationality. In this final episode, Timmy Cheung is joined by Ian Pinkett, Global People Analytics Director at Arcadis, for a conversation that will make you think differently about every senior stakeholder who's ever walked into your office with a…
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Episode XIX - Radiators, Drains and the art of Mattering
What does it actually mean to matter? Not after retirement, not in theory, but right now, today, as a whole person? In this episode, Timmy Cheung is joined by his beloved friend and people leader Katherine Billingham-Mohamed, who introduces the concept of mattering from Jennifer Breheny Wallace's...
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Episode XVIII - Measuring the mask, not the person
A UFC fighter who lost his father and still stepped into the octagon. A god who lost everything and kept showing up. And a man on the underground to Canary Wharf, blasting hard rock into his ears, tearing up, feeling completely hollow - and then walking through the door and switching it all off.…
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Episode XVII - I Ran Out Of Fuel And Didn't Notice
What if the biggest threat to your career isn't burnout, redundancy, or a difficult manager... but the fact that you quietly turned off three of your four burners and didn't even notice until the gas ran out completely? In this episode, Timmy Cheung unpacks the Four Burners Theory by David…
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Episode XVI- Retirement nobody prepared you for
What happens when the thing that defined you: the role, the purpose, the reason you got up every morning, quietly stops needing you back? In this episode, Timmy Cheung explores the retirement nobody talks about honestly. Not the pension pot. Not the gold watch. The grief. Drawing on the film…
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Episode XV - When work becomes who you are
There's a question that runs underneath every promotion, every job title, every carefully built career. Almost nobody asks it. In this episode, Timmy Cheung explores what happens when work becomes the entirety of who you are, drawing on Tajfel's Social Identity Theory, Carmy Berzatto's identity...
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Episode XIV - The participation award that nobody gave me
You showed up. Every single time. You stayed in the choir for five years when two were mandatory. You volunteered. You worked the front desk. You went above and beyond at every job, in every team, in every organisation. And the recognition? Never quite matched the effort. In this episode, Timmy...
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Episode XIII - The mistake that became... me
What happens when you grow up in a Chinese takeaway, where directness is the language, arguments are sorted in seconds, and the next order is always waiting... and then walk into your first proper office environment completely unprepared? In this episode, Timmy Cheung tells the story of the…
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Episode XII - The interview where they scrolled and I learned
We've all had a bad interview. But have you ever had one so bad that the interviewer got their phone out mid-answer? In this episode, Timmy Cheung revisits the worst interview of his career the afternoon he took off, the presentation he over-prepared, the out-of-body experience of hearing himself...
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Episode XI: You won’t remember what they said, just how they made you feel
Season 2 is here and this time, we're going somewhere the data can't follow. In this opening episode, Timmy Cheung unpacks why feelings, not figures, are the real drivers of human behaviour at work. From a senior leader who cleared the room with one sentence, to an NHS appointment that left him...
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Season 2: Teaser Trailer
Season 2 of Voice Notes While the Data Loads! Season 1 reminded us it's about people, not just numbers. Season 2 explores the uncomfortable truth: feelings drive decisions more than data ever will. From tantrums that tank your brand to interviews that change everything. From childhood awards that...
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Episode X: Let me tell you why I do what I do
After 9 episodes of dashboards, frustrations, and very human problems, here's the question I've never answered: why do I keep doing this? People analytics isn't about being a yes-person. It's about being an internal consultant who asks uncomfortable questions. What's the business problem? Is…
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Episode IX: I've been caught in a lie... or have I?
That nagging voice that whispers "you have no idea what you're doing, and everyone's about to find out." Imposter syndrome isn't just for beginners. It hits high achievers hardest. The irony? The most capable people experience it most intensely. I was born in the year of the Ox - natural leader,...
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Episode VIII: Your Engagement Score is 68%! Congratulations, You've Learned Nothing
Four months preparing an engagement survey. Scoping, crafting questions, planning communications. Then three months later: "Our engagement dropped from 72% to 68%. What does that mean?" It means nothing. Without context, without understanding, without empathy... that number is just a number. At…
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Episode VII: Coffee shop converts: no tech background? No problem!
My best friend Shirlan used to work in the NHS, in the Mental Health clinic. No technical background at all. Two years ago in a coffee drive-thru, I told him about ChatGPT and how it can help in his day to day life. His response? "Not for me, I'll do my own thing." Fast forward: He tried and…
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Episode VI:... but what about me?
Last week: being forgotten because of age. This week: being invited but never asked to dance. "Diversity is inviting someone to the party. Inclusion is asking them to dance." - Nicky Clement We're brilliant at getting people through the door. We've got the diversity splits, the representation...
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Episode V: Don't forget me...
What happens when the thing that makes you valuable becomes outdated? People analytics is a young industry. It moves fast. It idolises innovation. So where's the place for experience when everyone's chasing the next AI breakthrough? We talk about diversity - gender, race, disability. But age? We...
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Episode IV: COACH!
Think of the best athletes in the world. They all have coaches. People who see what they can't see, who've been where they're going, who fight in their corner. People analytics is only 20-30 years old. It's not a heavy craft yet. Which means the people doing it right now? They've made the…
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Episode III: Too Smart for the Story
You know the problem: getting people to understand data so they can take action. But what about the opposite problem? When people are SO data literate they'd rather debate methodology than actually do something? "How did you calculate this?" "Why wasn't our team involved?" "Can you split this by...
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Episode II: Panicking Power...BI?
Data visualisation tools - which tool is best? Wrong question. The real question: what are you actually trying to achieve? I built a dashboard. Scoped it properly. Delivered exactly what was asked for. Then heard the soul-destroying words: "This isn't something I'd feel comfortable showing my...
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Episode I: What I got wrong about People Analytics
I thought I'd waltz in with fancy analytics and blow everyone's minds. Spoiler: I was spectacularly wrong... Turns out, before you can create magic, you need to create the right evironment... Who are your people? What do your levels mean? Why does any of this matter? The uncomfortable truth…
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Voice Notes while the Data Loads is the podcast for anyone who's ever felt like they're winging it. Host Timmy Cheung reveals what People Analytics work actually looks like: dashboards that panic you, leaders who want data to confirm their biases, and moments when imposter syndrome hits hard. Each bite-sized episode (5-10 minutes) tackles real struggles with honesty, unprofessionalism, and no corporate speak. Solo rants and guest conversations covering everything from engagement surveys to coffee shop AI converts. Perfect for your commute, coffee break, or while your data loads!
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