Data Chat

This is a brief (10 minute) inteview with our CEO Iain Curtis where he provides an update on all things data and analytics in Construction and how SPS's analytics platform - InsightsControl - is developing...

The latest episode features our CEO, Iain Curtis, talking to Kyle Winterbottom the CEO and Founder of Orbition Group and also the well known host of the hugely successful podcast "Driven by Data".

🎙️Driven by Data has become an entity in it's own right and proudly boasts listening figures of over 160,000 people in over 60 different countries.

Kyle provides a birds eye view of the data industry, gained from his experience of building data teams for organisations across the Globe over the last 15 years, and also from the 200 + interviews he has undertaken on the Driven By Data podcast, where he has interviewed data, technology and business leaders, from a myriad of industries, and from some of the major companies and brands operating today.

The discussion looks closely at the thorny subject of how the data industry can, but often struggles, to demonstrate the value that can be gained from implementing data and analytics initiatives.

The episode also touches on how business are seeing data as an asset, and also looks at how AI is creating further demand for leveraging data overall.

One key point, highlighted by Kyle, also identifies the importance of how organisations are structured and the onboarding of people as one of the critical success factors of any data initiative.

We hope you enjoy the episode when it is released and please leave comments either on the episode content or suggestions of future subjects or guests that we should cover on the show.

In this episode we talk to Duane Wingell, Business Systems Manager at Dandara.

Duane spent nearly 13 years at COINS, where his last role was as Head of the House Building Consulting function, so affectionately got the name "Mr COINS House Building"... what Duane didn't know about COINS House Building solutions wasn't worth knowing!

In this episode Iain and Duane talk about the digital transformation journeys facing many House Building companies who are looking to work smarter in today's fast paced data and AI driven World. During the episode Duane discusses how it is critical for businesses to develop a comprehensive data strategy. He highlights the importance of involving all organisational levels during both development and implementation phases—approaching the process from both bottom-up and top-down perspectives.

In this episode Brent Dykes, the author of the best selling book "Effective Data Storytelling". Hopefully you will get an understanding as to what data storytelling is all about and how different tools can be used to help businesses identify key actionable insights from their data.

In the latest episode of Data Chat I am joined from across the pond by CEO of Proof Analytics - Mark Stouse.

Mark has over 26 years of experience in marketing, communications, customer success, and commercial strategy, I help transform business performance with data-driven insights and agile decision making.

During the epidsode we dive into the world of AI, and in particular Causality AI.

In the latest Episode of Data Chat our CEO Iain Curtis is joined by one of the World's leading experts in all things Data and AI. Bill has written 6 books and is currently an Adjunct Professor at Menlo College, an Honorary Professor at the University of Ireland – Galway, and an Executive Fellow at the University of San Francisco, School of Management, and has conducted lectures for universities world-wide  on topics including Unleashing the Economic Value of Data, The Art of Thinking Like a Data Scientist”, and Future-proofing your Career.  For Construction Companies looking at using data better within their organisations this is a must hear episode.

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In Episode 2, Samir Sharma from Datazuum, provides insights into the world of Data Strategy. He disucsses with Iain the WHY's the WHATS's and the HOW's of all things data stategy and bring some real world examples of how businesses have gained real business benefits from developing and implementing data strategies.

In this first episode of Data Chat, The Construction Data & Analytics Podcast, Iain Curtis CEO of Single Point Solutions is interviewed by Mark Neville. Iain provides some background on his and Single Point Solutions' journey to date and introduces their new Construction Analytics solution - InsightsControl. The chat also delves into looking at some of the key challenges currently facing the Construction Industry and highlights how data and analytics can help solve some of these challenges.

Whilst this first episode focuses on how SPS is trying to help change the Industry, future espisodes will look at the World of data and analytics in general. Gaining valuable insights and experiences from other industries to help construction become more robust and resilient industry.