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

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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 pressure to close deals and reduce executive revenue uncertainty despite an unpredictable world and the pressures of life and work. Michel and I talk about some of the challenges sales people and managers face and how human-centered and data-driven approach can help generally including some of the things SalesLoft is doing to help its customers.

More about Michel Guillet:

If you like the episode, then I would appreciate you sharing it with a friend (better yet 10 friends!) and leaving a positive review in your podcast catcher. Learn more about me (Dave Mathias) and go Beyond the Data @ https://gobeyondthedata.com. If you like the podcast then you will love the go Beyond the Data newsletter where you will get more human-centered and data-driven insights and stories.

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 too focused on checking boxes more than creating good data analysts, data scientists, data engineers, data product owners, etc. There is a lot of great efforts that traditional universities are working to adapt but the system lacks the agility.

Beyond the traditional education approach, the analytics space is a space that requires real projects and experience with end-to-end problems to advance people’s skills. More apprenticeship learning is required and love to see more organizations recognize this and support this.

More about Jansen, Victor and All Things Data

Check out some of the ways that we are trying to disrupt education at Beyond the Data @ https://gobeyondthedata.com and sign up for our newsletter or check out our public upcoming accelerators, boot camps, and workshops (all virtual and all cohort approach) like our upcoming Data Storytelling Boot Camp @ https://gobeyondthedata.eventbrite.com

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-ep41-jeff-richardson

More about Jeff

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 Platform aimed at bringing data together for creative teams. Learn more about Monicat Data, Jasmine RuKim, and their IFundWomen campaign for the Yellow Platform here:

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 a “data person.” In addition to his recent book, Brent is also a Sr. Director, Data Strategy at Domo and Forbes Contributor.

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 out this episode of Data Able and then continue on to read some of his engaging articles. If in NYC then maybe you will see Allen and NY Open Data or one of the other great data and community events.

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.

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 Use Data to Listen and Communicate Better." 

Minnesota Chapter of IABC

Susan Otten

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.