George Firican is an award-wining Data Governance Leader and is the founder of Lights On Data. His innovative approach to data management received international recognition through award-winning program and project implementations in data governance, data quality, business intelligence, and data analytics. 

He is also the podcast host of the Youtube channel "Lights On Data shows" which is a LIVE show that is informative, but fun; where the audience is engaged and empowered to learn; where knowledge is shared, and networks are expanded.  

Twitter: @georgefirican 

Linkedin: https://linkedin.com/in/georgefirican/

Website: https://LightsOnData.com

Book about storytelling: Matthew Dicks - Storyworthy   

Connect & free resources:  

👨🏻‍💻 Gilbert’s Linkedin: https://linkedin.com/in/eijkelenboom/  

📙 People Skills for Analytical Thinkers: https://mindspeaking.com/buy-book  

📈 Discover your maturity level: https://mindspeaking.com/maturity-model  

🗣 Free email course for Analytical Thinkers: https://mindspeaking.com/conversation

Highlights

Brent Dykes is the author of Effective Data Storytelling: How to Drive Change with Data, Narrative, and Visuals. He is also the founder of AnalyticsHero, LLC, a data storytelling consultancy.    

He has spent over 16 years working in analytics and holds an MBA in marketing. He has spoken at some of the largest conferences in the world, published more than 35 articles in Forbes, and worked with some of the biggest companies in the world, including Nike, Amazon, Microsoft, Sony, and Comcast.   

Effective Data Storytelling: https://www.effectivedatastorytelling.com/ 

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brentdykes/    

Connect & free resources:  

👨🏻‍💻 Gilbert’s Linkedin: https://linkedin.com/in/eijkelenboom/  

📙 People Skills for Analytical Thinkers: https://mindspeaking.com/buy-book  

📈 Discover your maturity level: https://mindspeaking.com/maturity-model  

🗣 Free email course for Analytical Thinkers: https://mindspeaking.com/conversation 

Highlights:  

00:00:00 Introduction 

00:00:24 Introduction of Guest 

00:02:11 Brent in high school 

00:03:36 Marketing: Fluffy Business Area? 

00:06:56 Influence with Storytelling 

00:08:19 How Data Professionals Foster their Curiosity  

00:11:37 How to reach senior people  

00:15:53 Data Storytelling 

00:20:50 Mindset Shift 

00:31:18 Benefits From Data Storytelling 

00:39:44 Role of Presentation Skills in Data Storytelling 

00:47:26 Brent's Book 

00:55:34 Rapid Fire Round 

01:02:13 Where to follow Brent Dykes 

Jason is the founder and CEO of strategy Titan which is a data analytics company that helps organizations grow their top and bottom line with data. He earned his MBA from the University of Notre Dame and he has more than 10 years of experience in business analytics, data science, and strategic leadership. He was recognized as a top 40 under 40 in 2017.

For this episode, Jason has some great insights you will hear about how to build a data-driven culture, how to communicate to business stakeholders, how to deal with change and setbacks, and also three powerful reframes that are lessons for your career and personal life.

Strategy Titan: strategytitan.com

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/jasonkrantz

Connect & free resources:

👨🏻‍💻 Gilbert’s Linkedin: https://linkedin.com/in/eijkelenboom/

📙 People Skills for Analytical Thinkers: https://mindspeaking.com/buy-book

📈 Discover your maturity level: https://mindspeaking.com/maturity-model

🗣 Free email course for Analytical Thinkers: https://mindspeaking.com/conversation

Highlights:

00:00:24 Introduction of Guest

00:02:55 Who was Jason Krantz in High School

00:06:37 Motivation in Life

00:09:44 The process of Jason’s mountain and how it changed

00:14:48 Culture & Data-Driven Culture

00:19:52 Organizing Data Professional or Teams in Wider Business Context

00:25:19  Jason’s Tactical Recommendation

00:38:37 Combing All His Activities

00:45:12 Meaning behind “Make it a Great Day”

00:49:24 Scariest Decision Jason has taken

00:55:50  Jason’s company: Strategy Titan

00:58:13 Rapid Fire Questions

Randy Olson earned his Ph.D. at Harvard University and achieved tenure at the University of New Hampshire before resigning and moving to Hollywood, obtaining an M.F.A. from the University of Southern California School of Cinema, and embarking on a second career as a filmmaker.

Randy wrote several books that help scientists communicate through storytelling. Also, he developed the And/But/Therefore storytelling framework. He'll tell you about it in this podcast.

Connect & free resources:

👨🏻‍💻 Gilbert’s Linkedin: https://linkedin.com/in/eijkelenboom/

📙 People Skills for Analytical Thinkers: https://mindspeaking.com/buy-book

📈 Discover your maturity level: https://mindspeaking.com/maturity-model

🗣 Free email course for Analytical Thinkers: https://mindspeaking.com/conversation

Highlights

(00:00:24) Introduction of the Guest

(00:02:06) Who is Randy Olson in Highschool?

(00:06:14) Traveling

(00:08:40) Teaching Storytelling to Children

(00:11:09) Randy Olson's career switch: from science to Hollywood

(00:14:07) Acting Classes

(00:20:38)  Importance of Story & Narrative

(00:27:04) ABT Framework

(00:34:30) Isn't ABT Framework too Simplistic?

(00:39:00) Using ABT Framework

(00:43:24) Importance of Repetition

(00:47:54) Rapid Fire Round

(00:54:00) Randy Olson's Upcoming Film

Danny is the Chief Data mentor at datawithdanny.com. He's also the founder and CEO of Sydney Data Science and he is a regular speaker at global data conferences, meetups, and podcasts where he shares the importance of mentorship for old data professionals. He's also an incoming technical instructor with 60,000 people following his tips on LinkedIn.

Website of Danny: https://www.datawithdanny.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/datawithdanny/  

Connect & free resources: 

👨🏻‍💻 Gilbert’s Linkedin: https://linkedin.com/in/eijkelenboom/  

📙 People Skills for Analytical Thinkers: https://mindspeaking.com/buy-book

📈 Discover your maturity level: https://mindspeaking.com/maturity-model

🗣 Free email course for Analytical Thinkers: https://mindspeaking.com/conversation 

Highlights

(00:00:24) Introduction of the Guest 

(00:01:54) Muay Thai Kick Boxing 

(00:03:47) "What do you enjoy most about Muay Thai Kickboxing?" 

(00:06:35) Who is Danny Ma in high school? 

(00:10:05) Importance of being kind  

(00:14:12) Mentorship 

(00:17:32) "When did you realize data was interesting?" 

(00:22:00) Role of Communication Skills 

(00:25:42) How to improve Communication Skills 

(00:29:59) Importance of being humble 

(00:34:23) Importance of saying no 

(00:41:14) "Have you always been so open?" 

(00:45:17) Self-belief and Vulnerability 

(00:50:11) Being ready for the day 

(00:55:46) Danny's company 

(01:01:15) Fast Q&A Part 

(01:04:05) One take away for Listeners/ Last Message for Listeners 

(01:05:37) Where to follow Danny Ma