Episodes

Today I speak with Rebecca Lodin. Rebecca has been working in advanced manufacturing for 13 years, from telecom to automotive, and medical. We talk about the impact of data in manufacturing and project management, the similar...

Today I speak with Nadja Jury about her 7-steps plan to navigate uncertainty when building new data products. The path is not an easy one, but nothing worth having comes easy.

Analytics engineering is about delivering high quality data transparently to everyone comfortable with SQL. This episode is about the big ideas behind the modern data stack. Today I speak with Jonathan Brooks about data trans...

Data management is a strategic imperative for any organisation but it doesn’t get the attention it deserves. Until not too long ago most of the data of an organisation used to be in one place, typically expensive and inflexib...

In this episode, I reflect on how a podcasting experiment, which started in a bathroom wrapped in a blanket (yes, really), transformed into a continuous journey of discovery around data, business, and community building. I’ll...

Let’s face it—data governance has a bad rap. It’s often seen as rigid, expensive, and bureaucratic. Some even advise not to say the "G word" when talking to business leaders. But what if I told you that data governance is …

What happens when a passionate PhD in Statistics steps into the real world of business? In this episode, Vlad Ardelean, Lead Data Scientist at GFK, reflects on his seven-year journey from academia to industry, revealing the h...

Slow or inadequate data infrastructure can seriously hinder the progress of data science projects, making it a constant battle to balance the need for speed with accuracy and quality. Today I learn the challenges data science...

AI is emerging as a powerful tool for data scientists and businesses. But how can we leverage this technology to its fullest potential? Join me as I learn from Tobias Zwingmann, author of AI-Powered Business Intelligence. You...

A great data leader is a provocateur. They "provoke" the organization with their ideas and demonstrating success. Join me as I learn from Tom Redman the Data Doc. You can follow Tom on LinkedIn . Episode page https://www.disc...

Learn how to extract business value from text from the father of the data warehouse: Bill Inmon. You can follow Bill on LinkedIn . Episode page https://www.discoveringdata.com/podcast/episode-056 Join the Discovering Data com...

Analytics requires a real involved effort across the entire organization. So what does it take to build team that not only understands your organization's data but the analytic and business requirements as well? Today I learn...

What is semantic modeling? How and when do you need it? Can you automate it? Today I speak with Panos Alexopoulos author of the book "Semantic Modeling for Data - Avoiding Pitfalls and Breaking Dilemmas" published by O'Reilly...

When was the last time a data engineer got invited into a strategy meeting and asked, "Hey, I value your opinion. Can you come and sit with the CEO?" Today, we map the habits you need to develop for maximum …

Can a system help us build better products? Today I learn everything about DataOps from Christopher Bergh, CEO and Head Chef at DataKitchen. You can follow Chris on LinkedIn . Episode page https://www.discoveringdata.com/podc...

Today we look back to look forward: 🗓️ 1 Year 🎙️ 2 Podcasts 👨‍💻 50 Data Leaders 💡7 Lessons What are the biggest lessons in data management for next year? This is our first Live-Show ever, a collaboration between Discovering …

The Modern Data Stack is getting too complex and costly to maintain. What are some of the worse anti-patterns in the MDS? What are the drivers and incentives that prevent us from scaling? Join me as I follow the white …

Taxonomy is the practice and science of categorization or classification, and it’s what we need if we want to be able to search for data. What can go wrong and how do you do it well? Join me as I …

Psychological safety fuels learning and growth. It feels good and it’s good for business too! After a decade working in Simon Sinek’s team and hundreds of keynote presentations my guest Stephen Shedletztky joins me today to t...

How do you leverage unstructured data to create better and more sustainable products, increase margins, and grow the business? Today I learn from Korbinian Spann, CEO, and founder of Insaas.ai . You can follow Korbinian on Li...

How can we maximize innovation in the enterprise? Today I learn from Ron Itelman in a voyage from data contracts to metacognition, neuroscience, and more. You can follow Ron on LinkedIn . Episode page Link For Brands Do you w...

How do you come up with new ideas to monetize data assets? My guest is the one and only Doug Laney who just published a new book called Data Juice: 101 stories of how organizations are squeezing value from available …

Business users must be able to communicate their data needs quickly without writing code. This is the idea of the semantic warehouse. But how do you build one? Join me as I learn from Chad Sanderson, Head of Data at …

Data therapists are translators that sit between business and technical data leaders. They are great facilitators, they understand tech but they also speak business. What happens in a data therapy session? Who runs it? When d...