Discovering Data

Ville Tuulos: Overcoming data science infrastructure roadblocks for business success

Loris Marini — Mon, 13 Mar 2023 19:30:00 +1100

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 teams face and how to overcome the obstacles of data infrastructure from Ville Tuulos, author of "Effective Data Science Infrastructure."

You can follow Ville Tuulos on LinkedIn. Check out Metaflow at https://metaflow.org/ and Outerbounds at https://outerbounds.com/

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Tobias Zwingmann: AI for Effective BI

Loris Marini — Mon, 06 Mar 2023 07:30:00 +1100

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.

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Tom Redman: Be a data provocateur

Loris Marini — Mon, 27 Feb 2023 07:00:00 +1100

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.

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Bill Inmon: The immense business value of textual data

Loris Marini — Mon, 20 Feb 2023 07:00:00 +1100

Learn how to extract business value from text from the father of the data warehouse: Bill Inmon.

You can follow Bill on LinkedIn.

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John Thompson: The art of building analytics teams

Loris Marini — Mon, 13 Feb 2023 07:00:00 +1100

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 from John Thompson, best selling author, analytics innovator, and data thought leader.

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Panos Alexopoulos: Minimum-viable semantic model

Loris Marini — Mon, 06 Feb 2023 07:00:00 +1100

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.

You can follow Panos on LinkedIn.

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Panel: Habits of Successful Data Engineers

Loris Marini — Thu, 26 Jan 2023 01:00:00 +1100

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 business impact and promotion.

You can follow the panelists on their LinkedIn:

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Swati Vishwanathan

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Christopher Bergh: Build a little, test a little, learn a lot

Loris Marini — Wed, 18 Jan 2023 07:00:00 +1100

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.

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LIVE: 7 data management lessons for 2023 with Winfried Adalbert Etzel

Loris Marini — Fri, 23 Dec 2022 20:00:00 +1100

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 Data and Data Management Association Norway (DAMA) a LIVE podcast co-hosted by myself and Winfried Adalbert Etzel. This is what we’ll cover today:

1. Lead: Data is a shared asset with shared benefits. Data quality is a shared responsibility.

2. Network: Tips to build stronger relationships with your stakeholders

3. Sell: Map the compelling business need behind your data management initiative

4. Be memorable: A simple framework to increase your storytelling 10x

5. Support: Enable the business to take lead. Provide guidance.

6. Observe: Don't jump to conclusions, but observe the demographics, ways of working, and environment.

7. Have fun: provide a framework to ensure collaborative readiness and psychological safety, and encourage failure as a means to learn.

Enjoy and thank you for listening and let's keep Discovering Data 😃 - Loris

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Lauren Balik: Why the modern data stack is broken and how to fix it

Loris Marini — Wed, 14 Dec 2022 07:00:00 +1100

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 rabbit with Lauren Balik.

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Helen Lippell: Harnessing the power of semantics

Loris Marini — Wed, 07 Dec 2022 07:00:00 +1100

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 learn from Helen Lippell.

You can follow Helen on LinkedIn.

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Stephen Shedletztky: Psychological safety and a Speak-Up culture

Loris Marini — Wed, 30 Nov 2022 07:00:00 +1100

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 talk about creating a Speak Up culture.

You can follow Stephen on LinkedIn.

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Events coming up - Business Skills for Data Professionals

Business Skills for Data Professionals is a live Q&A happening on December 2. This is an online event where you can learn how to use your talent to create measurable business outcomes. In collaboration with DataTalks.Club which is hosted by Alexey Grigorev, this event will feature topics such as data that makes sense, context semantics, and building better models by building better relationships with people and earning trust.

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Korbinian Spann: Text analytics to get in the head of your customers

Loris Marini — Thu, 17 Nov 2022 07:00:00 +1100

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 LinkedIn.

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Ron Itelman: Thinking in Networks

Loris Marini — Thu, 10 Nov 2022 07:00:00 +1100

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.

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Doug Laney: A framework to turn data into $$$ + Data Juice book giveaway

Loris Marini — Thu, 27 Oct 2022 07:00:00 +1100

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 data assets. Signup to win a free copy at discoveringdata.com/juice.

You can follow Doug Laney on LinkedIn.

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Chad Sanderson: The semantic data warehouse

Loris Marini — Thu, 20 Oct 2022 07:15:00 +1100

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 Convoy. You can follow Chad on LinkedIn.

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Ashleigh Faith: What’s a data therapist and why you need one

Loris Marini — Thu, 06 Oct 2022 16:00:00 +1100

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 do you know you need one? Today I learn from a real expert on this topic, Ashley Faith.

Ashley is a professional data scientist with over 15 years of experience focusing on knowledge graphs, taxonomies, and machine learning. She's also the host of the Knowledge Graph, Data Science YouTube channel under the channel name Ashley Faith. She has worked with GM, NASA, NATO, Down Jones, IEEE, EPSCO, and the Department of Defense among many others.

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Ash has a fantastic YouTube channel check it out here:

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Events coming up - Data Management Marathon 5.0

The Data Management Marathon 5.0 is coming up soon October 12-13,2022. This is a one-of-a-kind virtual event for every data lover, born out of a love for data management, knowledge sharing and storytelling. Organized by Thinklinkers in collaboration with the one and only Scott Taylor, this event features high-level speakers, influencers and an enthusiastic community of data professionals.

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Juan Sequeda and Tim Gasper: Data products in a knowledge-first world

Loris Marini — Thu, 29 Sep 2022 17:00:00 +1100

The average CDO has 2 years to turn data into business value. Today we talk about data products, implicit and explicit knowledge, and the cultural revolution we need to turn data into knowledge at scale. My guests today are Juan Sequeda and Tim Gasper from data.world co-hosts of the Catalog & Cocktails podcast.

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The ROI of data observability with Salma Bakouk

Loris Marini — Wed, 14 Sep 2022 20:00:00 +1100

What’s the business impact of data observability? Today we continue the conversation with Salma Bakouk, CEO and co-founder of Sifflet.

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Salma Bakouk: Avoiding Data Catastrophes

Loris Marini — Wed, 07 Sep 2022 17:00:00 +1100

If data means money, we want to detect data issues before they turn into costly mistakes. We need to go from firefighting to fire prevention and be able to resolve issues quickly when they occur. Today we dive into data observability with Salma Bakouk, CEO and co-founder of Sifflet.

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Jessica Talisman: PT. 2 -Taxonomies, ontologies, and a true data mesh

Loris Marini — Thu, 01 Sep 2022 16:15:00 +1100

This is part two of turning data into knowledge at scale, and about the arduous job of cleaning, defining, collapsing and expanding information and knowledge in the enterprise. My guest today is Jessica Talisman senior Taxonomist at Pluralsight.

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Jessica Talisman: PT. 1 - Taxonomies, ontologies, and a true data mesh

Loris Marini — Thu, 25 Aug 2022 17:00:00 +1100

Today we talk about turning data into knowledge at scale, and about the arduous job of cleaning, defining, collapsing and expanding information and knowledge in the enterprise. My guest today is Jessica Talisman senior Taxonomist at Pluralsight.

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Bill Schmarzo: Speak the language of the business

Loris Marini — Thu, 11 Aug 2022 11:00:00 +1100

If data and analytics are going to be taken seriously by business executives, we need to talk about value in their language. Today I speak with the Dean of Big Data Bill Schmarzo about the skills, mindsets and mental models we need as data practitioners to find a revenue connection in everything we do. Follow Bill Schmarzo on LinkedIn.

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Ole Olesen-Bagneux: The Enterprise Data Catalog

Loris Marini — Thu, 21 Jul 2022 04:00:00 +1100

The promise of a data catalog is to help everyone search and find every document and datapoint in the organization. Easier said than done. This episode is for everyone that wants to map all their organization’s critical data assets, understand how they relate to one another, and enable teams to find them quickly.

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Kay Firth-Butterfield: Trailblazer 02 with Head of AI and ML World Economic Forum

Loris Marini — Wed, 29 Jun 2022 04:00:00 +1100

Trailblazer is a series of short interviews designed to inspire you to lead the data conversation. This is a partnership between Discovering Data and Women in AI. Today we learn from Kay Firth-Butterfield, Head of Artificial Intelligence and a member of the Executive Committee at the World Economic Forum.

Follow Kay on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kay-firth-butterfield/

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Andrew Sunter: Leadership lessons from aikido

Loris Marini — Thu, 23 Jun 2022 04:00:00 +1100

In stressful conflicts, our instinct is to react and push back. “Going with” and not “against” a threat is the essence of the Japanese martial art known as Aikido. Can Aikido help us become more effective leaders? Join me as I learn from Aikido black-belt, Andrew Sunter.

Follow Andrew on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-sunter-85619110/

Sign-up for Andrew’s Aikido classes: http://aikidoinsydney.com/

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Dora Boussias: The architecture of Information

Loris Marini — Thu, 09 Jun 2022 04:00:00 +1100

Mapping and engineering the information flow is the job of enterprise information architects or EIAs. But what is exactly information architecture? What does a day in the shoes of an information architect look like? What can we do to help them do their job better? Join me as a learn from Dora Boussias, Senior Director, Data Strategy & Architecture at Stryker.

Follow Dora on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/doraboussias/

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Stephanie Barnes: Creative learning and knowledge management

Loris Marini — Thu, 26 May 2022 04:00:00 +1100

If you are rolling your eyes when you hear “knowledge management”, it’s because we have been doing it wrong. If we want to win in complex, uncertain, and volatile environments we need both sides of our brain, the artistic and the analytical side. Today I learn about radical knowledge management from its creator Stephanie Barnes.

Follow Stephanie on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephanieabarnes/

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Stéphane Hamel: The future of digital marketing

Loris Marini — Thu, 12 May 2022 04:00:00 +1100

In digital marketing we get so fixated with conversion rates and exponential growth curves that we often don’t have time to worry about data privacy and data ethics. What are the long term business impacts of unethical use of personal data? Join me as I learn about the future of digital marketing from my guest Stéphane Hamel.

Follow Stéphane on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shamel/

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Lillian Pierson: Trailblazer 01 with Debbie Botha from WAI

Loris Marini — Thu, 28 Apr 2022 04:00:00 +1100

Trailblazer is a series of short interviews designed to inspire more women to lead the data conversation. Today we learn from Lillian Pierson, CEO and Head of Product at Data-Mania. You can follow Lillian on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lillianpierson/

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A conversation with Brent Dykes

Loris Marini — Thu, 14 Apr 2022 11:00:00 +1100

When was the last time you had an important fact to share but nobody seemed to care? This is for you if you want to learn how to communicate insights effectively and make things happen. My guest today is Brent Dykes, a master data storyteller. You can follow Brent on LinkedIn or checkout his book here.

We have a new home at discoveringdata.com where you will find a forum to connect with data leaders like you, as well as episode transcripts, best quotes, and other material that can help you learn and apply your knowledge at work.

Debbie Botha: Diversity and inclusion in data

Loris Marini — Thu, 31 Mar 2022 02:00:00 +1100

Bias kills creativity and can lead us to the wrong solutions. One way to detect and correct for bias effectively is with a culture of diversity and inclusion. How does this help us build safe and innovative solutions? Join me as I learn from Debbie Botha, Chief Partnership Officer at Women in AI. You can follow Debbie on LinkedIn.

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Brian T. O’Neill: Design thinking for data products

Loris Marini — Thu, 17 Mar 2022 04:00:00 +1100

Every data leader wants to be a strategic partner to the business. What does it take to do this effectively? Today we dive into design thinking with my guest Brian T. O’Neill founder and principal at designingforanalytics.com, and host of the Experiencing Data podcast. You can follow Brian on LinkedIn and Twitter.

📣 Twice a year Brian runs a LIVE instructor-led seminar titled “Designing Human-Centered Data Products”. The next one stats on March 28!! Learn more here.

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James Edwards: Data and people in a $1B ecommerce business (CDO at Pet Circle)

Loris Marini — Thu, 03 Mar 2022 13:30:00 +1100

Today we learn about the role that trusted data played to scale an eCommerce business to $1B and beyond with James Edwards, CDO and founder of Pet Circle. We talk about the business impact of fragmented data and strategies to bring everyone on the same page. You can follow James on LinkedIn.

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📣 1 WEEK LEFT: Data lineage crash course with Irina Steenbeek

Without a system to map your data models, any change could potentially undermine your regulatory compliance, upset people, and erode trust with your customers. It also stresses the heck out of people, who live in a state of constant fear that things might break. How do you bring the business onboard? How do you choose the right tool for the job, scope the work and secure the necessary funding to get it done?

Join me LIVE as I learn from Irina Steenbeek, an absolute data lineage expert.

In an exclusive 2h crash course titled "How to build a successful data lineage business case" Irina will show us how to find compelling business drivers for your data lineage initiative, how to secure executive sponsorship, scope the work and get the necessary funding.

We will also learn about the RACI matrix for data lineage, how to prepare requirements, choose the right approach, select the right tooling and much more. At the end of the course we'll get templates and cheatsheets to apply this knowledge immediately at work.

1 WEEK LEFT - ENROL NOW (use the code "DD-IRINA-MAR-10" at checkout for a 10% discount)

Matt David: The informed company

Loris Marini — Thu, 17 Feb 2022 11:00:00 +1100

As tools get better in the modern data stack, business impact is increasingly dependent on effective communication, collaboration and governance. What does it take to do this well? Join me with Matt David, Product Marketing Manager (Data) at Atlassian and co-author of the book “The Informed Company”. Read/listen: discoveringdata.com

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📣 Enrolment now open for a data lineage crash course with Irina Steenbeek

Do you want to understand the business, secure funding for your data lineage initiative, scope and plan the work well, and deliver business outcomes? Are you a data management professional, a business leader, or project manager? If the answer is yes, keep reading!

Discovering Data has partnered with data lineage black-belt Irina Steenbeek to bring you an EXCLUSIVE 2h crash course titled: “How to build a successful data lineage business case.”

In this course you will learn how to identify your company’s needs in data lineage, scope your initiative, secure support of key stakeholders, choose the right approach, select appropriate tooling and much more. At the end of the course you will get templates and cheatsheets to apply this knowledge immediately at work.

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Early bird 20% discount code: DD-IRINA-MAR-20 (valid until Feb 25th 2022)

Ren Valera: 1 community and 3000 suns

Loris Marini — Mon, 07 Feb 2022 16:00:00 +1100

Discovering data only makes sense if it stimulates a conversation, and it's hard to have a conversation when you broadcasting. So how do we make that transition from something that happens in a virtual room to something that it's more interactive? What does Discovering Data mean to you?

Read/listen: discoveringdata.com

Find your tribe, unwind, and get ready for the weekend

We are kicking this off with an informal ZOOM chat to get to know each other, and discover what does community mean for each of us. From deep dives on recent episodes, to lessons learned in data management and daily challenges at work. This is a safe space to unwind and bounce ideas around and meet new folks.

Bring your fav drink and let's chat!

Short link: https://bit.ly/3rwYgSS

Irina Steenbeek: Data lineage from a business perspective

Loris Marini — Mon, 31 Jan 2022 16:00:00 +1100

Lineage is a critical capability, it's complex and expensive so it's really important to know what can go wrong and how to avoid pitfalls to deliver maximum value to the business. Today I am joined by Irina Steenbeek an absolute expert on this topic.

Irina has a lot of experience managing ERP implementations, she is the founder of Data Crossroads and her background spans civil engineering, management, consultancy, and finance. Irina authored more than 60 blog posts in data management and published four books: The Orange Model of Data Management, The Data Management Toolkit, The Data Management Cookbook, and her latest book, Data Lineage from a Business Perspective, which we will talk about today.

This episode is here to give you a solid understanding of what data lineage is and what it isn't, the value, costs, and benefits for your organization, some execution tips and ideas to talk about it with your business stakeholders.

Read/listen: https://www.discoveringdata.com/

Crash course: How to build a successful data lineage business case?

If you are managing a data linage implementation you might be very familiar with scope creep and issues related to funding and project management. How do you secure the necessary funding, scope and plan the work and craft a solution that delivers business outcomes?

These are hard questions!

The good news is that Irina developed a proven framework over the past 20 years to help you navigate this complexity, and we are partnering to bring you her knowledge and expertise in the form of a crash course. Registrations will open soon, subscribe to our newsletter to be notified.

Jan Ulrych: Why data lineage

Loris Marini — Fri, 21 Jan 2022 04:00:00 +1100

Data lineage is about gaining confidence in the data to save time, money, and even lives. How do you sell it to the business? Learn with me as I speak to Jan Ulrych, VP of Research & Education at MANTA.

Get the full experience at discoveringdata.com.

Welcome to discovering data

Loris Marini — Mon, 17 Jan 2022 13:30:00 +1100

New year, fresh energy and new name: The Data Project becomes Discovering Data! In this episode I talk about what this project is becoming and how it will help you become a more impactful data leader.

Learn more at https://www.discoveringdata.com

The physics of information - part 1

Loris Marini — Thu, 16 Dec 2021 04:00:00 +1100

The latest research shows that 90% of the value of the SP500 is attributed to intangible assets, of which data is a big chunk. But is data and information truly intangible? It turns out that information is every bit as physical as anything we can touch and see.

Learn more at https://www.discoveringdata.com

Marek Ovcacek: From data governance to data fabric

Loris Marini — Wed, 24 Nov 2021 04:00:00 +1100

Managing data assets is not just about technology but the right platform can make our life a lot easier. The folks at Ataccama have been leading the space for years. What are they doing differently? Join me as I learn all about it from Marek Ovčáček, VP of Platform Strategy at Ataccama.

Learn more at https://www.discoveringdata.com

Doug Laney: Infonomics

Loris Marini — Wed, 03 Nov 2021 04:00:00 +1100

Data is an intangible asset with unique economic properties. What are some of the strategies we can use to monetise it? Follow me as I unpack this with Doug Laney, author of "Infonomics: How to Monetize, Manage, and Measure Information as an Asset for Competitive Advantage".

Learn more at https://www.discoveringdata.com

FX Nicholas: Don't think data, think people and relationships

Loris Marini — Tue, 12 Oct 2021 16:30:00 +1100

How can we use data to improve people's life and manage better the information and relationships that make up our businesses? Follow me as I speak to FX Nicolas, VP of Product at Semarchy. I would like to thank Semarchy for making this episode possible.

Learn more at https://www.discoveringdata.com

Chris Boys: Mindset and data for top performing teams

Loris Marini — Wed, 22 Sep 2021 04:00:00 +1100

Being more effective for me starts with learning how I behave, and for that I need just the right amount of information. How does this scale when you are looking at a team? Follow me as I explore this with Chris Boys co-founder of Umano, a team analytics company that takes team effectiveness to a whole new level.

Learn more at https://www.discoveringdata.com

James Price: Time to wake up

Loris Marini — Wed, 01 Sep 2021 04:00:00 +1100

"I've never seen an organization that understands the cost, value, and benefit of their information assets." Follow me as I speak with James Price, a black belt in information asset management and a true multi-domain expert.

Learn more at https://www.discoveringdata.com

Ben Jones: Unpacking Data Literacy

Loris Marini — Fri, 13 Aug 2021 01:00:00 +1100

Information flow is at the heart of any resilient organisation. But we are unlikely to see outcomes unless data is properly managed and people feel empowered to use it. To understand more about the second challenge today I speak with Ben Jones, co-founder and CEO of Data Literacy.com.

Learn more at https://www.discoveringdata.com

Andrew Andrews: Expanding the data conversation

Loris Marini — Wed, 21 Jul 2021 04:00:00 +1100

Datasets are a limited representation of what we do in the world. The extent to which they are useful depends on our ability to structure data, use it to refine our intuition, and maintain a growth mindset until best practices become second nature. My guest today is Andrew Andrews, Vice President of DAMA Australia.

Learn more at https://www.discoveringdata.com

Vlad Ardelean: Why data science needs data management

Loris Marini — Wed, 30 Jun 2021 04:00:00 +1100

Great data scientists blend prediction models with reliable data and domain knowledge, but without a data management program, the last two are left to chance. What do the best data science teams do differently? Follow me as I find out with Vlad Ardelean, lead data scientist at Growth from Knowledge (GFK).

Full Transcripts: https://www.discoveringdata.com/

George Firican: People challenges in data governance

Loris Marini — Wed, 09 Jun 2021 04:00:00 +1100

Data Governance is the cornerstone of every successful data management program, but it is often associated with suffocating rigidity, great cost, and unclear ROI. How can we get it right? Today I speak with George Firican to find out! George is the Director of Data Governance & Business Intelligence at The University of British Columbia, the creator of LightsOnData, and one of the most brilliant, humble, and friendly data professionals in my network.

Learn more at https://www.discoveringdata.com

Ravit Jain: The giver mindset

Loris Marini — Wed, 19 May 2021 04:00:00 +1100

What can data teams learn from community managers? When my friend and community manager Ravit Jain reached out I was thrilled to discover how his mindset at work could be useful to data teams.

Learn more at https://www.discoveringdata.com

Solo: The journey so far and what is next

Loris Marini — Thu, 13 May 2021 04:00:00 +1100

This started as an experiment with a 20 dollar microphone and a small desk on wheels, wrapped around blankets in my small apartment. This is a short summary of the journey so far, and what's coming next.

Learn more at https://www.discoveringdata.com

Scott Taylor: Telling Your Data Story

Loris Marini — Wed, 21 Apr 2021 05:00:00 +1100

If we want to deliver value at scale, we need our systems to know what our people know, and we need to be able to trust it. ML and AI are pointless if we don’t establish the truth first, which means data management should be a strategic imperative for any organization.

Yet data management is perceived as one of the most boring topics in data and most initiatives fail. Why is it? To make sense of this today I speak with Scott Taylor - The Data Whisperer! You can follow Scott on LinkedIn and if you want a 20% discount use the code “data whisperer” on Technicspub.

Learn more at https://www.discoveringdata.com

Gilbert Eijkelenboom: PeoplePeople skills for analytical thinkers

Loris Marini — Wed, 31 Mar 2021 06:00:00 +1100

Most of our decisions are made emotionally. This means that self-awareness is crucial to tell compelling stories and build trust! Today I speak with Gilbert Eijkelenboom about soft skills and the role that they play in data teams. I hope that as we find more effective ways to use data, we will also learn to create deeper and more meaningful connections between human beings.

Learn more at https://www.discoveringdata.com

Jonathan Bricks: DBT a bridge between analysts and engineers

Loris Marini — Wed, 10 Mar 2021 07:30:00 +1100

Today I speak with Jonathan Brooks about building a modern data warehouse. We speak about the case for a declarative SQL-based layer, the principles of analytics engineering, and Data Built Tool (DBT). We also compare this to legacy data platforms to understand how tech is changing the way we think about data. You can follow Jonathan on LinkedIn.

Learn more at https://www.discoveringdata.com

Nadja Jury: Built to last, mindset and strategy for new data teams

Loris Marini — Wed, 17 Feb 2021 07:45:00 +1100

Today I speak with Nadja Jury about navigating uncertainty in new data teams. Nadja's journey in data starts with the customer support team. She soon realized that implicit and contradicting assumptions degenerate into fragmented and unreliable data. In a quest to change this, she spearheaded a new way of working which gave her an opportunity to lead the data team at Education Perfect. You can follow Nadja on LinkedIn.

Learn more at https://www.discoveringdata.com

Rebecca Lodin: The courage to be data driven

Loris Marini — Thu, 28 Jan 2021 09:00:00 +1100

Today I speak with Rebecca Lodin about the impact of data in manufacturing and project management, the similarity between a production plant and a data warehouse, how cloud-based technologies lower technical and financial barriers, how this highlights the role that psychological safety plays in supporting a data-driven culture, and other topics.

Learn more at https://www.discoveringdata.com

Luiza Menezes: The invisible work to deliver useful insights

Loris Marini — Thu, 07 Jan 2021 08:45:00 +1100

Today I speak with Luiza Menezes about data catalogs and being confident about the business meaning behind a piece of data. The lack of a solid data foundation erodes data trust and leads to inefficiencies and frustrations.

Learn more at https://www.discoveringdata.com

Francesco Scoto: The mindset of a business analyst

Loris Marini — Thu, 10 Dec 2020 09:00:00 +1100

Data access is one of the most frustrating parts of analytics. Teams often underestimate the cost of moving data around, and requests from business analysts are often perceived as a tax on engineering time. Today I dive into this topic with my former colleague and senior business analyst Francesco Scoto.

Learn more at https://www.discoveringdata.com

Humberto Shiromoto: Doing science with data

Loris Marini — Thu, 19 Nov 2020 09:00:00 +1100

What is data science? Today I speak with Humberto Stein Shiromoto about Data Engineering, DataOps vs DevOps, the data mining lifecycle and the CRISP model, hypothesis testing, the Dunning Kruger effect, and more.

Learn more at https://www.discoveringdata.com

Steven Pollack: What's wrong in data science?

Loris Marini — Thu, 29 Oct 2020 09:00:00 +1100

Today I speak with Stephen Pollak about his path to data science and the fundamental problems that frustrate practitioners. We often underestimate data access and data quality, and this leads to data scientists doing the job of engineers or architects.

Learn more at https://www.discoveringdata.com

Start Here

Loris Marini — Tue, 20 Oct 2020 17:00:00 +1100

This is a journey to bridge the gap between data users and data practitioners. The goal is to help organizations understand the value of data and information and manage it well so that they can build resilience and thrive.

Learn more at https://www.discoveringdata.com