Beste Dave Mathias podcaster (2024)

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Ep 044 - Haydee Hernandez - Building a culture of experimentation 32:49

3+ y ago32:49

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This was an episode where I talked with Haydee Hernandez, Director of Product Management @ CollegeAdvisor.com. In this episode we talk about the importance of experimentation and building a culture of experimentation within organizations. More about Haydee Hernandez: College Advisor: CollegeAdvisor.com Haydee’s LinkedIn: in/hernandezhaydee If you l…

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Ep 043 - Michel Guillet - Leveraging product and data-driven thinking to enhance sales teams 33:00

4y ago33:00

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This was an episode where I talked with Michel Guillet a Sr. Product Manager at the fast-growing SalesLoft startup where they help companies engage with customers, build pipeline, and close revenue, faster and we discuss how human-centric and data-driven approaches can help sales better succeed. Sales people and sales managers are constantly under …

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Ep 042 - Jansen Sullivan and Victor Anjos - Data education deserves better 50:00

4y ago50:00

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This was an episode where Jansen Sullivan and Victor Anjos of the All Things Data podcast by 1000ml and I talked about data education and some of the gaps that we hope get resolved. A lot of progress is being made but lots more needs to happen. Jansen, Victor, and myself all believe that traditional analytics education moves too slowly and is often…

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Ep 041 - Jeff Richardson - Data strategy and leadership from a B2B CDO 48:12

4y ago48:12

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Being a Chief Data Officer is a challenging role but Jeff Richardson has been up to the challenge at Bentley Systems. In this episode Jeff talks about his approach around data strategy and leadership, the importance of data literacy and data translators, and more. Get the full episode transcript at https://www.gobeyondthedata.com/thoughts/podcast-e…

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Ep 040 - Jasmine RuKim - Creativity Deserves a Better Track Record 41:14

4+ y ago41:14

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Data is just as important for creatives and Jasmine RuKim as CEO and co-founder of Monicat Data knows all about it. Jasmine and her team help creative teams leverage data and technology to make a greater impact. Jasmine and team are the business behind creativity. In addition to advising creative teams they are now in process of creating the Yellow…

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Ep 039 - Brent Dykes - Data Storytelling is More Than Data Visualization 1:00:39

4+ y ago1:00:39

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Data storytelling is extremely important to tell memorable and impactful data stories. All too often good data visualization is confused as data storytelling. In this episode Dave Mathias interviews Brent Dykes who recently authored Effective Data Storytelling that brings this point home and much more. It is a must have book and not just if you are…

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Ep 038 - Allen Hillery - The Prolific Data Viz Writer 48:12

4+ y ago48:12

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Allen Hillery went from engineer to digital marketer to now a data visualization specialist not only being a prolific writer in the data visualization space but also teaching at Columbia University. Now he is taking his passion around data literacy and trying to make a difference in underprivileged young persons in New York City. Make sure to check…

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Ep 037 - Rosa Pantoja - Evolution from a Data Champion of One 36:39

5y ago36:39

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This week Dave and Matt talk with Rosa Pantoja of Unilever. Rosa talks about her evolution starting as a Data Champion of one and what stories of her success. Contact Rosa Pantoja LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rosapantoja Website: https://www.rosapantoja.com

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Ep 036 - Susan Otten - Convergence is Coming 23:59

5y ago23:59

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This week Dave talks with Susan Otten of the Minnesota Chapter of the International Association of Business Communicators and founder of Indie Do Good. They talk about the upcoming importance of data for communications professionals and the upcoming Convergence Summit 2020 in Minneapolis, MN on March 19th where Dave will be speaking about "How to U…

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Ep 035 - Angela Wilkins - What Real Life Data Science Looks Like 39:18

5y ago39:18

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This week, we talk with Angela Wilkins from Mercury Data Science. She has an amazing background in Data Science and has built a team to help startups leverage their data. She tells some amazing stories about what her data projects have delivered and how she went about solving them.

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Ep 034 - Lori Silverman - What it takes to drive analytics adoption 50:58

5y ago50:58

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Lori Silverman is an expert in driving organizational change to become data informed

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Ep 033 - Matt Anderson - The Link Between Librarians, Product, and Data 53:29

5y ago53:29

53:29

We talk with Matt Anderson who started his career as a librarian, because a digital product manager, and now works with data on a regular basis

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Ep 032 - Catherine D'Ignazio - Getting the Data Basics Right 28:19

5y ago28:19

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From Feminism to Data Science and everything in between. We talk with Catherine D'Ignazio at Eyeo Festival about some of the groundbreaking work she's doing in data... And an exciting career update from Catherine who's heading to MIT!

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Ep 31 - Tricia Duncan - Implementing Data Viz in Organizations 41:47

5y ago41:47

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So you want to implement new data visualization techniques into an organization? Learn from Tricia Duncan, who has helped companies all over the midwest with getting more visual with their analytics. Learn from her successes... and some of her failures.

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Ep 30 - Nadieh Bremer - Anatomy of a Great Data Visualization 46:26

5y ago46:26

46:26

We're talking with Nadieh Bremer, a freelance data visualization expert. Nadieh breaks down how she tackles a tough data visualization problem and shares some examples of her award winning visualizations!

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Ep 29 - Ben Schein - Organizations Need More Data Curiosity [fixed] 47:33

5+ y ago47:33

47:33

*** A technical glitch in the first version of the audio has been fixed *** Ben Schein is the VP of Data Curiosity at Domo. He helps organizations explore data in new and interesting ways, delivering more insight and getting more value from their BI tool.

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Ep 28 - Rachel Stuve - Fusing People with Data 45:29

5+ y ago45:29

45:29

Rachel believes that data empowers humans: it's what gives us the ability to solve problems and change the world. With data, we can close gaps and remove boundaries to become more interconnected with each other.

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Ep 27 - How Caroline & Sara are building a dataviz community in Portugal 41:23

5+ y ago41:23

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How Caroline & Sara are building a dataviz community in Portugal

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Ep 26 - Qlik Qonnections 2019 Feat. Chantilly Jaggernauth and Ben Jones 43:32

5+ y ago43:32

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Qlik Qonnections 2019 Feat. Chantilly Jaggernauth and Ben Jones

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Ep 25 - Brian O'Neill - Designing Better Experiences in Analytics 45:20

5+ y ago45:20

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Design. User Experience. Knowing your audience. Empathising with your end user. These are such critical facets of getting analytics right in your organization. Brian O'Neill knows a little bit about this. He is a product designer and founder of the consultancy, Designing for Analytics, which provides design and UX consulting for custom enterprise d…

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Ep 24 - Mitchell Grewer - How Cargill Unlocks Data for Everyone 42:49

5+ y ago42:49

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How does a huge company like Cargill get value out of their data? Part of it is data engineering and data science, but a much larger part of it is rolling out a Self-Service approach, enabling everyone in the organization to become capable of seeing and understanding data. This week we talk with Mitchell Grewer who is leading the effort to get data…

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Ep 23 - Renee McGregor - Using Data Literacy to Drive Analytics Adoption 38:50

5+ y ago38:50

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We're continuing our "Analytics on the Road" series! This week Dave sits down with Renee McGregor from South Africa Qlik, a partner reseller. Over the past couple years, they've really focused on Data Literacy in Cape Town and it shows! If you look up Google Trends results for "Data Literacy", you'll find that South Africa is one of the top countri…

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Ep 22 - Lailah & Julia - Empowering South Africans through Open Data 38:34

5+ y ago38:34

38:34

Lailah Ryklief and Julia Renouprez talk about their mission at their non-profit, Open Up, to connect South Africans to their government's data. Helping improve poverty and increase skills across the country, they look to use data and help other citizens use data to improve the lives of South Africans.…

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Ep 21 - Dennis Still - Analytics for Startups and Small Business 34:55

5+ y ago34:55

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Dennis Still understands how small businesses and startups think. They actually need to solve many of the same challenges that large companies face with deep analytics and data science. In this episode, we talk about what good analytics looks like at a smaller organization.

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Ep 20 - Serena Roberts - Authentic Relationships Builds Analytics Success 37:24

5+ y ago37:24

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Want to make your analytics efforts successful in your organization? Serena Roberts from Wolters Kluwer believes that building authentic relationships is the key to making progress. Advanced tools, technologies, and methods is important, but without relationship-building, your analytics won't drive real, transformational change.…

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Ep 019 - Jeff Sloan - Better Analytics through Product Management Principles 33:03

5+ y ago33:03

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Coming to you from Cape Town South Africa, Dave sits down with Jeff Sloan at a local coffee shop. Jeff is a self-prescribed Data Product Manager, blending product management principles with the data and analytics industry to create better solutions for internal and external customers.

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Ep 018 - Jordan Morrow - What Data Literacy can do for you 44:56

5+ y ago44:56

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Jordan Morrow is on a mission to help organizations and individuals become data literate. He believes that the ability to speak, read and write data will be the next big differentiator in the next few years. He travels around the world speaking with people about how to improve their own data literacy.…

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Ep 017 - Building a Data-cated Community with Kate Strachnyi 39:50

5+ y ago39:50

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Kate Strachnyi writes books, she works a full time job, she hosts the Humans of Data Science video channel, she’s a Udemy instructor for Tableau, she started the Datacated Weekly project, and she still has time leftover to be a mom and to run crazy-long marathons!

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Ep 016 - When Is it Okay to Ignore the Data? 12:17

5+ y ago12:17

12:17

Data is there to answer a question. But human intuition needs to play a role as well. Combining the two is the goal.

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Ep 015 - Improving Higher Education Through Data with David Niemi 37:30

5+ y ago37:30

37:30

David Niemi loves higher education. So much so that he’s spent his entire career involved in it. From an early age, David recognized that there were better ways to help students and learners achieve their goals, and he’s been on a mission to make that experience better ever since.

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Ep 014 - The Importance of Data Storytelling Pt 2 8:43

5+ y ago8:43

8:43

Good storytelling skills can be used for good and evil. One key is taking audience in mind, being ethical, and being transparent when framing the story.

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Ep 013 - Stories from the Data Trenches with Liz Weber and Tessa Enns 38:25

6y ago38:25

38:25

Listen to Tessa Enns from Cargill and Liz Weber from Supervalu as they talk through the highs and lows of running a successful analytics project that leads to real business value.

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Ep 012 - The Importance of Data Storytelling Pt 1 9:51

6y ago9:51

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Dave & Matt discuss why storytelling is so important and a few tips for people to practice when storytelling. Further, we discuss how struggling a little can help learning and retention.

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Ep 011 - Data Viz Made Simple with Kristen Sosulski 38:09

6y ago38:09

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Meet Kristen Sosulski. She’s an Associate Professor and an Author. Kristen is an absolute expert on Data Visualization and her passion is in helping up-and-coming analysts use visualization to enhance their work, tell stories, and communicate effectively with data.

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Ep 010 - How to Data Viz like a Pro Part 2 11:50

6y ago11:50

11:50

If a picture is worth a thousand words, then a data visualization must be worth far more than that.

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Ep 009 - How to Data Viz like a Pro Part 1 10:59

6y ago10:59

10:59

They say that a picture is worth a thousand words. A data viz is worth many times more than even that!

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Ep 008 - Creativity plus Analytics equals Amazing 9:35

6y ago9:35

9:35

Today we're talking about creativity and creative thinking. Think that's like oil and water? More like Peanut Butter and Jelly!

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Ep 007 - Improve your analytics skills with... Improv? 10:07

6y ago10:07

10:07

We're talking about Improv! The ability to think on your feet, ask good questions, and connect with your audience in a meaningful way. Traditionally considered skills for comedy, we think they can help you be a better analyst.

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Ep 006 - The making of a good analytics leader pt 2 9:14

6y ago9:14

9:14

What is the makeup of a good analytics leader? How do leaders become successful in leading analytics teams? Part 1 focuses on Data Executives. Part 2 will focus on Managers of analysts.

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Ep 005 - The making of a good analytics leader pt 1 8:32

6y ago8:32

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What is the makeup of a good analytics leader? How do leaders become successful in leading analytics teams? Part 1 focuses on Data Executives. Part 2 will focus on Managers of analysts.