The Analytic Mind

Join Sam McKay and Alex Badiu as they discuss the role of storytelling and creative thinking in a data-driven world.

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Join Sam McKay and Anuj Kapoor as they talk about how data analytics is helping the healthcare industry save lives. Anuj also discusses the importance of establishing a problem statement and having quality data to work with.

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Listen as Sam McKay talks to Shiv Misra on why companies need to have an appetite for change and embrace data analytics.

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Listen as Sam McKay talks to Jamie Beason about the importance of data literacy, and learn how an analytics summit can help promote data culture within a large-scale industry.

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Sam McKay talks to Paul Lucassen, one of our Enterprise DNA experts, about the role of geospatial data analytics in the transportation and logistics industry.

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Listen as Sam McKay talks to Alex Moy on how he implemented a self-service business intelligence environment for a large-scale financial operation.

For full show notes, and the links mentioned visit: https://www.enterprisedna.co/podcast/the-rise-of-self-service-business-intelligence/

Listen as Jarrett Moore talks to Sam McKay on how he scaled a data analytics system for his own company and built a separate data product on top of it.

1:23 – 2:40 Jarrett Moore’s background in Power BI

3:23 – 9:25 Data culture initiatives within the restoration industry

11:15 – 12:29 How Power BI made tasks easier

12:53 – 18:02 Creating partnerships to increase distribution

18:03 – 24:03 Building a data product with Power BI

24:26 – 28:19 Securing & managing multiple systems in a scalable way

29:27 – 30:02 “You need to figure out how analytics can help you run your business better.”

33:35 – 34:12 Using Power BI for consumer reporting

34:25 – 36:10 Teamwork makes the dream work

36:50 – 38:02 How Enterprise DNA’s Power BI Challenges helped Jarrett

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Sam McKay talks to Brian Julius on how to integrate data culture in one’s own organization. Brian is an Enterprise DNA expert who has a thriving career as a project management lead for Power Platforms in the public sector, where he uses data to improve government processes.

They discuss further how data culture can improve one’s organization and speed up its business decision-making processes, and how people can leverage data to perform their jobs well.

What You’ll Learn From This Episode:

3:44 Brian shares how his interest in data science started, and how “everything you see in the world is governed by a data generating process.”

5:27 How Sam made the shift from the finance industry to data science.

7:46 Sam and Brian discuss how data science tools have become more accessible now than they used to before.

10:00 How Brian got involved in the Enterprise DNA community, and how it became a tremendous learning experience for him.

11:17 The power of an online community.

14:38 Brian talks about the data culture initiatives in his organization.

17:57 “If your current tools don’t meet people’s needs, the smart people are going to build their own solutions to do their jobs well.”

20:48 Understanding the self-service structure of Power BI.

28:11 How long it took Brian to successfully implement an analytics tool in his company.

33:16 How Microsoft has “democratized” advanced analytics through the Power BI platform.

36:45 The struggles Brian experienced that slowed down the implementation of Power BI in his team.

41:10 “Before you attribute something as a DAX problem, make sure your data model is set up correctly.”

46:08 Brian's grand vision for the future with regards to the implementation of Power BI.

48:16 “With Power BI every month feels like Christmas, where you get a new release and you don’t know what’s inside that release.”

50:02 The long-term impact of Power BI on users.

50:52 Power BI is going to fundamentally change what people do during their day, where time-consuming repetitive tasks that take up a significant chunk of time will be lessened.

59:00 How you can build up your own analytic mind and grow your analytical skills.

59:52 The 5 strategies to improve one’s DAX toolbox through structured practice.

For full show notes, and the links mentioned visit: https://www.enterprisedna.co/podcast/data-culture-using-power-bi/

The Analytic Mind is a podcast that empowers business owners to make better decisions and helps organizations grow through data science. Join Sam McKay, the founder of Enterprise DNA, as he talks to some of the leading data experts around the world.

In each episode, Sam and his guest discuss the importance of data culture within an organization and share their own experiences on data-related topics with focus on Microsoft’s analytical tool, Power BI. The guests share how they implemented data analytics within their team, and how they were able to distribute the insights within their organization.

Tune in and learn how you can grow your own analytical mind. Our aim is to be the #1 podcast space for data leaders around the world who are looking to unleash their data assets, become more agile, and responsive to their clients’ needs.

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