On today’s episode I’m joined by serial entrepreneur and data rockstar Mel Stephenson. Mel is the MD at Interworks Europe a business helping clients find actionable insight in the mountains of data they generate each day, helping them make better decisions and run more effective companies.

His impressive client list includes complex healthcare providers like the NHS. But he also works with smaller, niche-businesses because the reality is that every business has data, and that data when used correctly, can be a source of great competitive advantage.

In the world of veterinary medicine, where people are regularly overwhelmed by the seemingly impossible task of managing the never ending caseload, do the fields of data science and business intelligence have something to offer?And if they do, where on earth should a small practice even begin?