Discussing #FutureOfData & Growth with Jeff Kavanaugh. Jeff discussed the importance and tenets of a live evolving organizations. He shared some tips and tricks that businesses could do to ensure they are evolving for faster and agile growth through the age of transformation.

Jeff Kavanaugh is global head for the Infosys Knowledge Institute, the research and thought leadership arm of Infosys, a leader in digital services and consulting. Jeff is also an adjunct professor at the business school at the University of Texas at Dallas. He authored the best-selling book Consulting Essentials, and serves on boards of the Institute of Business Analytics at Indiana University, and the Marketing Analytics Advisory Board at the University of Texas at Dallas. Jeff earned an MBA from the University of North Texas.

Jeff's Book: The Live Enterprise: Create a Continuously Evolving and Learning Organization https://amzn.to/3pYJFMd

Jeff's Recommendations: Contact https://amzn.to/37LvGmB The Nature of Nature: Why We Need the Wild https://amzn.to/37J3PTM Longitude https://amzn.to/3buTEDC Endurance https://amzn.to/3by5hK1

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Some questions we covered: 1. Starter: Give your starter pitch 1-2 points/key takeaways that this book points to: 2. Vishal briefly introduce the guest and kicks off the session 3. What is the state of organizations today? 4. How to steer an organization when external forces influence your internals [pandemic etc.] 5. What are some good habits you surfaced for a constantly evolving organization 6. What are some signs that you are steering in the wrong direction? 7. Explain your journey to your current role? 8. Could you share something about your current role? 9. What does your company do? 10. Explain your journey to this book? 11. Why write this book? 12. What are key takeaways in Live Enterprise 13. What are some role model companies pursuing the Live Enterprise model 14. What are the key drivers of a live enterprise 15. How to get started on this journey of making your organization live and adapting? 16. What are some misconceptions your want to un-surface? 17. What are 1-3 best practices that you think are the key to success in your journey? 18. Do you have any favorite read? 19. As a closing remark, what would you like to tell our audience?

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In this podcast, Stephen Wunker spent time discussing the future of organizations via cost innovations and how some enterprises connect a successful pricing strategy with their data strategy. He sheds light on what some successful companies do to stay competitive and keep innovating their cost strategies to find effective customer connections. He shares some challenges that leaders face in adopting a successful cost innovation strategy. The book "Costovation" and this podcast are relevant for anyone seeking to learn about innovative ways to define their cost strategies. It is especially relevant for data science leaders to understand how they could transform sales by connecting cost and innovation.

Timelines: 0:30 Stephen's journey 6:25 Introducing "costovation". 10:10 Cost management in the age of "freemium" and opensource. 12:35 Key points of "Cost-o-vation". 15:40 Resolving issues between cost and innovation. 18:26 Introducing radical ideas of innovation to companies. 21:40 Gauging innovation. 24:20 Role of data in costovation. 26:15 Why adopt cost-ovation? 31:44 Innovation tips and suggestions. 34:45 Example of a company that is practicing cost-o-vation. 37:15 Tenets of good leadership. 39:50 Scalability of cost-o-vation. 43:17 cost-ovation and the customer. 47:47 Stephen's favorite reads. 49:45 Key takeaways.

Stephen's Book: Costovation: Innovation That Gives Your Customers Exactly What They Want--And Nothing More by Stephen Wunker, Jennifer Luo Law amzn.to/2xYyRFs

Stephen's Recommended Read: The Three-Box Solution: A Strategy for Leading Innovation by Vijay Govindarajan amzn.to/2y2Sex6 Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die by Chip Heath, Dan Heath amzn.to/2Ct2SRV The Innovator's Solution: Creating and Sustaining Successful Growth by Clayton M. Christensen, Michael E. Raynor amzn.to/2DZ6jRK

Podcast Link: https://futureofdata.org/stephen-wunker-on-future-of-customer-success-through-cost-innovation-and-data/

Stephen's BIO: Stephen Wunker is the founder and managing director of New Markets Advisors, a Boston-based consultancy focused on innovation and growth strategy.

With a long track record of creating successful ventures, Stephen has consulted multinational firms and start-ups across six continents, developing dozens of new growth platforms for clients over the past decade. He also pioneered both mobile commerce and mobile marketing, and he led the team that created one of the world's first smartphones.

In addition to his entrepreneurial and corporate ventures, he was a long-term colleague of the leading innovation authority Harvard Business School Professor Clayton Christensen in establishing his consulting practice, Innosight. His previous experience includes years with the management consultancy Bain & Company, the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, and the Soros Foundations.

Stephen holds an MBA from Harvard Business School, a Master's in Public Administration from Columbia University, and a BA cum laude from Princeton University. Coauthor of “COSTOVATION: Innovation that Gives Your Customers Exactly What They Want—and Nothing More” (HarperCollins Leadership, Aug. 14), his third book, Stephen has contributed to Harvard Business Review, Forbes, and a range of journals, and has appeared on Bloomberg TV, BBC and other broadcasts. He has lived in the United States, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Japan, Ecuador, and Zambia, and is now based in Boston.

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In this podcast, John Busby(@johnmbusby), Chief Analytics Officer @CenterfieldUSA, talks about his journey leading the data analytics practice of a digital marketing agency. He sheds light on some methodologies for building a sound data science practice. He sheds light on the future of digital marketing and shared some big opportunities ripe for disruption in the digital space.

Timeline: 0:28 John's journey. 4:26 Introduction to Centerfield. 6:00 John's role. 6:50 Designing a common platform for customers. 9:15 Analytics in Amazon. 11:02 Data science and marketing. 18:02 Importance of understanding the product for marketing. 21:44 AI in the marketing business. 25:26 Making sense of customer behavior. 27:50 End to end consumer behavior. 31:05 Editing and calibrating KPIs. 32:53 Creating an inside driven organization. 35:35 Recipe for a successful chief analytic officer. 37:46 On data bias. 39:12 Hiring the right people. 41:33 Big opportunities in digital marketing. 44:15 Future of digital marketing. 45:27 John's recipe for success. 48:52 John's favorite reads. 50:35 Key takeaways.

John's Recommended Read: Secrets of Professional Tournament Poker (D&B Poker) by Jonathan Little amzn.to/2MNKjN3

Podcast Link: https://futureofdata.org/data-today-shaping-digital-marketing-of-tomorrow-johnmbusby-centerfieldusa/

John's BIO: John Busby serves as Centerfield’s Chief Analytics Officer. A seasoned digital marketing executive, John leads the company’s data science, analytics and insights teams. Before joining Centerfield, John was Head of Analytics for Amazon’s grocery delivery service and responsible for business intelligence, data science and automated reporting. Prior to Amazon, John was Senior Vice President of Analytics and Marketing at Marchex. John began his career in product management for InfoSpace, Go2net and IQ Chart. He holds a Bachelor of Science from Northwestern University. Outside of work, John coaches youth hockey, and enjoys sports, poker and hanging out with his wife and two children.

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In this podcast, Jim Sterne shares how marketing has evolved through disruptive times. He shares some of the best practices in the marketing and digital analytics space. He sheds light on some opportunities in the marketing and analytics space and how machine learning is changing the face of digital and marketing. This is a great podcast for anyone looking to understand how AI is impacting marketing and what are some big opportunities in marketing and digital.

Timeline: 0:30 Jim's journey. 5:25 The evolution of marketing. 8:45 Breaking down the digital. 11:40 Marketing and analytics. 13:27 Misuse of analytics in marketing. 17:35 Resolving bad data and bias. 22:20 Good digital analyst vs. bad digital analyst. 28:06 Defining a well-oiled marketing machine. 30:33 Marketing industry's adoption of technology. 34:19 Technology adoption strategy. 38:23 Impact of machine learning and digital marketing. 42:19 Decision making, accountability, and AI. 47:08 Advice for start-ups. 48:52 Disruption opportunities in digital marketing. 55:57 Ethics and marketing. 58:52 What's next in digital marketing. 1:02:27 Jim's success mantra. 1:05:36 Jim's reading list. 1:07:30 Key takeaways.

Jim's Books: amzn.to/2KB1QCR

Jim's Current Read List: Shift: 19 Practical, Business-Driven Ideas for an Executive in Charge of Marketing but Not Trained for the Task by Sean Doyle amzn.to/2KG4K9d Data Science for Business: What You Need to Know about Data Mining and Data-Analytic Thinking by Foster Provost and Tom Fawcett amzn.to/2AWR3Dz

Podcast Link: https://futureofdata.org/future-of-data-in-marketing-digital-jimsterne/

Jim's BIO: Jim Sterne focused his thirty-five years in sales and marketing to create and strengthen customer relationships through digital communications. He sold business computers to companies that had never owned one in the 1980s, consulted and keynoted online marketing in the 1990s, and founded a conference and a professional association around digital analytics in the 2000s, following his humorous Devil's Data Dictionary. Sterne has just published his twelfth book Artificial Intelligence for Marketing: Practical Applications. Sterne produced the eMetrics Summit from 2002 - 2017 and now produces the Marketing Evolution Experience. He was co-founder and served for 17 years as the Board Chair of the Digital Analytics Association.

Jim was named one of the 50 most influential people in digital marketing by a top marketing magazine in the United Kingdom and identified as one of the top 25 Hot Speakers by the National Speakers Association.

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In this podcast Jason Carmel(@defenestrate99) Chief Data Officer @ POSSIBLE talks about his journey leading data analytics practice of digital marketing agency. He sheds light on some methodologies for building a sound data science practice. He sheds light on using data science chops for doing some good while creating traditional value. He shared his perspective on keeping team-high on creativity to keep creating innovative solutions. This is a great podcast for anyone looking to understanding the digital marketing landscape and how to create a sound data science practice.

Timelines: 0:29 Jason's journey. 6:40 Advantage of having a legal background for a data scientist. 9:15 Understanding emotions based on data. 13:54 The empathy model. 14:53 From idea to inception to execution. 23:40 The role of digital agencies. 30:20 Measuring the right amount of data. 32:40 Management in a creative agency. 34:40 Leadership qualities that promote creativity. 38:14 Leader's playbook in a digital agency. 40:50 Qualities of a great data science team in the digital agency. 44:30 Leadership's role in data creativity. 47:00 Opportunites as a data scientist in the digital agency. 49:18 Future of data in digital media. 51:38 Jason's success mantra. 53:30 Jason's favorite reads. 57:11 Key takeaways.

Jason's Recommended Read: Trendology: Building an Advantage through Data-Driven Real-Time Marketing by Chris Kerns amzn.to/2zMhYkV Venomous: How Earth's Deadliest Creatures Mastered Biochemistry by Christie Wilcox amzn.to/2LhqI76

Podcast Link: https://futureofdata.org/jason-carmel-defenestrate99-possible-leading-analytics-data-digital-marketing/

Jason's BIO: Jason Carmel is Chief Data Officer at Possible. With nearly 20 years of digital data and marketing experience, Jason has worked with clients such as Coca Cola, Ford, and Microsoft to evolve digital experiences based on real-time feedback and behavioral data. Jason manages a global team of 100 digital analysts across POSSIBLE, a digital advertising agency that uses traditional and unconventional data sets and models to help brands connect more effectively with their customers.

Of particular interest is Jason’s work using data and machine learning to define and understand the emotional components of human conversation. Jason spearheaded the creation of POSSIBLE’s Empathy Model, with translates the raw, unstructured content of social media into a quantitative understanding of what customers are actually feeling about a given topic, event, or brand.

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In this podcast @AndyPalmer from @Tamr sat with @Vishaltx from @AnalyticsWeek to talk about the emergence/need/market for Data Ops, a specialized capability emerging from merging data engineering and dev ops ecosystem due to increased convoluted data silos and complicated processes. Andy shared his journey on what some of the businesses and their leaders are doing wrong and how businesses need to rethink their data silos to future proof themselves. This is a good podcast for any data leader thinking about cracking the code on getting high-quality insights from data.

Timelines: 0:28 Andy's journey. 4:56 What's Tamr? 6:38 What's Andy's role in Tamr. 8:16 What's data ops? 13:07 Right time for business to incorporate data ops. 15:56 Data exhaust vs. data ops. 21:05 Tips for executives in dealing with data. 23:15 Suggestions for businesses working with data. 25:48 Creating buy-in for experimenting with new technologies. 28:47 Using data ops for the acquisition of new companies. 31:58 Data ops vs. dev ops. 36:40 Big opportunities in data science. 39:35 AI and data ops. 44:28 Parameters for a successful start-up. 47:49 What still surprises Andy? 50:19 Andy's success mantra. 52:48 Andy's favorite reads. 54:25 Final remarks.

Andy's Recommended Read: Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress by Steven Pinker https://amzn.to/2Lc6WqK The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu and Ken Liu https://amzn.to/2rQyPvp

Andy's BIO: Andy Palmer is a serial entrepreneur who specializes in accelerating the growth of mission-driven startups. Andy has helped found and/or fund more than 50 innovative companies in technology, health care, and the life sciences. Andy’s unique blend of strategic perspective and disciplined tactical execution is suited to environments where uncertainty is the rule rather than the exception. Andy has a specific passion for projects at the intersection of computer science and the life sciences.

Most recently, Andy co-founded Tamr, a next-generation data curation company, and Koa Labs, a start-up club in the heart of Harvard Square, Cambridge, MA.

Specialties: Software, Sales & Marketing, Web Services, Service Oriented Architecture, Drug Discovery, Database, Data Warehouse, Analytics, Startup, Entrepreneurship, Informatics, Enterprise Software, OLTP, Science, Internet, eCommerce, Venture Capital, Bootstrapping, Founding Team, Venture Capital firm, Software companies, early-stage venture, corporate development, venture-backed, venture capital fund, world-class, stage venture capital

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In this podcast, @JohnNives discusses ways to demystify AI for the enterprise. He shares his perspective on how businesses should engage with AI and what are some of the best practices and considerations for businesses to adopt AI in their strategic roadmap. This podcast is great for anyone seeking to learn about the way to adopt AI in the enterprise landscape.

Timelines: 0:28 John's journey. 6:50 John's current role. 9:40 The role of a chief digital officer. 11:16 The current trend of AI. 13:52 AI hype or real? 16:42 Why AI now? 19:03 Demystifying deep learning. 23:35 Enterprise use cases of AI. 28:25 Attributes of a successful AI project. 32:20 Best AI investments in an enterprise. 36:56 Convincing leadership to adopt AI. 39:20 Organizational implications of adopting AI. 43:45 What do executives get wrong about AI? 48:36 Tips for executives to understand the AI landscape. 53:11 John's favorite reads. 57:35 Closing remarks.

John's Recommended Listen: FutureOfData Podcast math.im/itunes War and Peace Leo Tolstoy (Author),‎ Frederick Davidson (Narrator),‎ Inc. Blackstone Audio (Publisher) amzn.to/2w7ObkI

Podcast Link: https://futureofdata.org/johnnives-on-ways-to-demystify-ai-for-enterprise/

Jean's BIO: Jean-Louis (John) Nives serves as Chief Digital Officer and the Global Chair of the Digital Transformation practice at N2Growth. Prior to joining N2Growth, Mr. Nives was at IBM Global Business Services, within the Watson and Analytics Center of Competence. There he worked on Cognitive Digital Transformation projects related to Watson, Big Data, Analytics, Social Business and Marketing/Advertising Technology. Examples include CognitiveTV and the application of external unstructured data (social, weather, etc.) for business transformation. Prior relevant experience includes executive leadership positions at Nielsen, IRI, Kraft and two successful advertising technology acquisitions (Appnexus and SintecMedia). In this capacity, Jean-Louis combined information, analytics and technology to created significant business value in transformative ways. Jean-Louis earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Industrial Engineering from University at Buffalo and an MBA in Finance and Computer Science from Pace University. He is married with four children and lives in the New York City area.

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In this podcast, Paul Ballew(@Ford) talks about best practices when running a data science organization spanned across multiple continents. He shared the importance of being Smart, Nice, and Inquisitive in creating tomorrow's workforce today. He sheds some light on the importance of appreciating culture when defining forward-looking policies. He also builds a case for a non-native group and discusses ways to implement data science as a central organization(with no hub-spoke model). This podcast is great for future data science leaders leading organizations with a broad consumer base and multiple geo-political silos.

Timeline: 0:29 Paul's journey. 5:10 Paul's current role. 8:10 Insurance and data analytics. 13:00 Who will own the insurance in the time of automation. 18:22 Recruiting models in technologies. 21:54 Embracing technological change. 25:03 Will we have more analytics in Ford cars? 28:25 How does Ford stay competitive from a technology perspective. 30:30 Challenges for Analytics officer in Ford. 32:36 Ingredients of a good hire. 34:12 How is the data science team structured in Ford. 36:15 Dealing with shadow groups. 39:00 Successful KPIs. 40:33 Who owns data? 42:27 Who should own the security of data assets. 44:05 Examples of successful data science groups. 46:30 Practises for remaining bias-free. 48:55 Getting started running a global data science team. 52:45 How does Paul's keep himself updated. 54:18 Paul's favorite read. 55:45 Closing remarks.

Paul's Recommended Read: The Outsiders Paperback – S. E. Hinton http://amzn.to/2Ai84Gl

Podcast Link: https://futureofdata.org/paul-ballewford-running-global-data-science-group-futureofdata-podcast/

Paul's BIO: Paul Ballew is vice president and Global Chief Data and Analytics officer, Ford Motor Company, effective June 1, 2017. At the same time, he also was elected a Ford Motor Company officer. In this role, he leads Ford’s global data and analytics teams for the enterprise. Previously, Ballew was Global Chief Data and Analytics Officer, a position to which he was named in December 2014. In this role, he has been responsible for establishing and growing the company’s industry-leading data and analytics operations that are driving significant business value throughout the enterprise. Prior to joining Ford, he was Chief Data, Insight & Analytics Officer at Dun & Bradstreet. In this capacity, he was responsible for the company’s global data and analytic activities along with the company’s strategic consulting practice. Previously, Ballew served as Nationwide’s senior vice president for Customer Insight and Analytics. He directed customer analytics, market research, and information and data management functions, and supported the company’s marketing strategy. His responsibilities included the development of Nationwide’s customer analytics, data operations, and strategy. Ballew joined Nationwide in November 2007 and established the company’s Customer Insights and Analytics capabilities.

Ballew sits on the boards of Neustar, Inc. and Hyatt Hotels Corporation. He was born in 1964 and has a bachelor’s and master’s degree in Economics from the University of Detroit.

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In this podcast, Joel Comm from The Bad Crypto Podcast sat with Vishal Kumar, CEO AnalyticsWeek, and discuss the World of Crypto Currencies. The discussion sheds light on the nuances in the rapidly exploding world of Crypto Currencies and some of the thinking behind the currencies. The discussion also sheds light on the opportunities and risks in the industry. Joel sheds his insights about how to think about these currencies and the long term implications of the algos that run these currencies. The podcast is a great listen for anyone who wants to understand the world of cryptocurrencies.

Timeline: 0:29 Joel's journey. 5:45 Thinking behind "Bad Crypto". 7:50 Getting into the domain of cryptocurrency. 13:30 Underlying technology behind cryptocurrency. 17:00 On Bitcoin. 18:50 Tracing back a ledger. 20:36 The use of blockchain. 23:00 Every bitcoin is a country. 25:11 Parameters to invest in Cryptocurrency. 26:05 Some better known Cryptocurrency. 31:52 The security aspect of Cryptocurrency. 41:52 Security and regulations of tokens. 44:03 The consensus element of blockchain. 46:25 Alternatives to the blockchain. 49:30 Bitcoin as payment. 58:15 Manipulation of the Crypto market. 1:00:51 Joel's favorite reads.

Youtube: https://youtu.be/xJucEIDitas iTunes: http://apple.co/2ynxopz

Please note, this podcast and/or its content in no way advocate any investment advice and nor intended to generate any positive or negative influence. Crypto Currencies are highly volatile in nature, and any investor must use absolute caution and care while evaluating such currencies.

Joel's Recommended Read: Cryptocurrencies 101 By James Altucher http://bit.ly/2Bi5FMv

Podcast Link: https://futureofdata.org/discussing-world-crypto-joelcomm-badcrypto/

Joel's BIO: As a knowledgeable & inspirational speaker, Joel speaks on a variety of business and entrepreneurial topics. He presents a step-by-step playbook on how to use social media as a leveraging tool to expand the reach of your brand, increase your customer base, and create fierce brand loyalty for your business. Joel is also able to speak with authority on the various ways to harness the marketing power of technology to explode profits. He offers an inspiring yet down-to-earth call to action for those who dream of obtaining growth and financial success. As someone who went from having only 87 cents in his bank account to creating multiple successful businesses, Joel is uniquely poised to instruct and inspire when it comes to using the various forms of new media as avenues towards the greater goal of business success. He is a broadcast veteran with thousands of hours in radio, podcasting, television, and online video experience. Joel is the host of two popular yet completely different podcasts. FUN with Joel Comm features the lighter side of the top business and social leaders. The Bad Crypto Podcast makes cryptocurrency and bitcoin understandable to the masses.

Joel is the New York Times best-selling author of 14 books, including The AdSense Code, Click Here to Order: Stories from the World's Most Successful Entrepreneurs, KaChing: How to Run an Online Business that Pays and Paysm Twitter Power 3.0, and Self Employed: 50 Signs That You Might Be an Entrepreneur. He has also written over 40 ebooks. He has appeared in The New York Times, on Jon Stewart's The Daily Show, on CNN online, on Fox News, and many other places.

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In this podcast, George Corugedo(@RedpointCTO) / @Redpoint talks about the ingredients of a technologist in a data-driven world. He sheds light on technology & technologist bias and how companies could work progressively to respond in an unbiased manner. He shared some insights on leading a data science product as a technologist and shared some takeaways for future technologists. This podcast is great for future technologists thinking of shaping their organization to take advantage of technological disruptions to stay competitive.

Timeline: 0:29 George's journey. 3:35 Challenges in George's journey. 7:22 The relevance of mathematics in this data-driven world. 13:02 Statistitians getting into the technology stack. 22:38 Data-driven customer engagement platform. 24:24 Challenges for a technologist to connect with various platforms and prospects. 28:52 Customer challenges for businesses. 31:55 What do businesses get about marketing? 34:04 Bridging the gap between data and analytics. 42:42 Hacks for mitigating bias. 46:18 Appification: a bane or an opportunity. 48:45 An candidate for a data analytics startup. 52:40 Important KPIs for a data-driven customer engagement company. 56:33 How does George keep himself updated? 57:58 What keeps George up at night? 59:15 George's favorite read. 1:01:05 Closing remarks.

Youtube: https://youtu.be/u6CtN-TYjXI iTunes: http://apple.co/2AJDnuz

Ed's Recommended Read: To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee http://amzn.to/2hZnwwx Self-Reliance and Other Essays (Dover Thrift Editions) by Ralph Waldo Emerson http://amzn.to/2i0WcOx

Podcast Link: https://futureofdata.org/redpointcto-redpointglobal-on-becoming-an-unbiased-technologist-in-datadriven-world/

George's BIO: A former math professor and seasoned technology executive, RedPoint Chief Technology Officer and Co-Founder George Corugedo has more than two decades of business and technical experience. George is responsible for directing the development of the RedPoint Customer Engagement Hub, RedPoint’s leading enterprise customer engagement solution. George left academia in 1997 to co-found Accenture’s Customer Insights Practice, which specialized in strategic data utilization, analytics, and customer strategy. George’s previous positions include director of client delivery at ClarityBlue, Inc., a provider of hosted customer intelligence solutions, and COO/CIO of Riscuity, a receivables management company that specialized in using analytics to drive collections.

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In this podcast, @CRGutowski from @GE_Digital talks about the importance of data and analytics in transforming sales organizations. She sheds light on challenges and opportunities with transforming the sales organization of a transnational enterprise using analytics and implement a growth mindset. Cate shared some of the tenets of the transformation mindset. This podcast is great for future leaders who are thinking of shaping their sales organization and empower them with the digital mindset.

Timeline: 0:29 Cate's journey. 7:40 Cate's typical day. 9:07 How does the sales cope up with disruption? 13:25 Data science in sales. 14:48 Planning a digital software for 25000 workforces. 18:00 The thin line between marketing and sales. 22:13 Safeguarding the workforce against tech disruption. 24:57 The culture of sales. 27:55 Designing a digitally connected strategy. 30:08 Designing customer experience. 33:48 Sales strategy for a startup. 36:43 Selling transformative sales strategies to executives. 40:55 How can organizations go digital? 43:25 Digital thread. 44:14 How can a sales organization deal with IT? 45:54 Pitfalls in the process of digitization. 48:44 Challenges for sales folks amid disruption. 50:30 How does Cate keep herself updated? 52:10 Cate's success mantra. 54:06 Closing remarks.

Youtube: https://youtu.be/3jcpYgvIli4 iTunes: http://apple.co/2hM9r5E

Cate's Recommended Read: Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action by Simon Sinek http://amzn.to/2hGvc6w

Podcast Link: https://futureofdata.org/crgutowski-ge_digital-using-analytics-transform-sales/

Cate's BIO: Cate has 20 years of technical sales, marketing, and product leadership experience across various global divisions in GE. Cate is currently based in Boston, MA, and works as the VP – Commercial Digital Thread, leading the digital transformation of GE’s 25,000+ sales organization globally. Prior to relocating to Boston, Cate and her family lived in Budapest, Hungary, where she led product management, marketing, and commercial operations across EMEA for GE Current. Cate holds an M.B.A. from the University of South Florida and a Bachelor’s degree in Communications and Business Administration from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

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In this Podcast, Charlie Berger from Oracle discussed some of the challenges of data-driven enterprises.

Timeline: 0:29 Charlie's journey. 6:12 Charlie's current role. 8:55 Oracle's role in the future of data. 13:20 The evolution of ML. 20:41 The need for revaluating mathematical models that data science is based on. 27:50 On the concept of appification of analytics. 36:17 On enterprise IT landscape changing. 43:17 Geekifying analytics. 47:15 Charlie's favorite read. 50:21 Closing remarks.

Charlie's favorite read suggestions: 1. The Naked Future: What Happens in a World That Anticipates Your Every Move?

Podcast link: https://futureofdata.org/futureofdata-charliedatamine-oracle-discussing-running-analytics-enterprise/

Charlie's BIO: Passionate technical professional skilled in building entrepreneurial, start-up initiatives, and environments. Strong technical, product management, communication, marketing, and leadership skills.

• Experienced product management professional with over 30 years of experience in leading-edge technologies in large corporations and entrepreneurial start-ups. • During 15 years at Oracle Corporation, developed an innovative portfolio of “big data analytics” products developed as in-database SQL data mining functions and integrated "predictive analytics" applications. • Strong technical, product management, communication, and leadership skills. • Responsible for product management and direction for the Oracle Database data mining and predictive analytics technology, including Oracle Data Mining, text mining, and statistical functions. • Strong product champion, evangelist, and frequent speaker in the field of predictive analytics and data mining. • Leveraged relationships with customers, development, and sales to communicate product capabilities and value proposition.

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In this podcast, Rob Griffin from Almighty(X), a Connelly partner company, sat with Vishal Kumar to discuss running innovation in a media agency.

Timeline: 0:29 Rob's journey. 8:12 Marketing, the earliest adopter of analytics. 10:43 Defining transformational innovation. 22:05 Art of doing business and science of doing business. 26:12 Problems for an innovative analytics company. 31:00 Innovation in different size companies. 34:31 Common mistakes businesses make on innovation. 40:00 The future of the creative industry. 42:49 ML and AI impact on the digital market. 49:29 Don't be efficient, be creative. 57:39 Rob's recommended books.

Podcast link: https://futureofdata.org/futureofdata-robtelerob-connellyagency-running-innovation-agency/

Here's Rob's Bio: Driving transformational innovation in marketing and advertising. Pushing creative and media technology limits. Helping brands take ownership of their technology, data, and media for greater transparency and accountability. Putting the agent back in the agency. Been working in digital marketing and advertising since 1996. A Bostonian. A die-hard Celtics fan. Dad. Speaker. Writer. Advisor. Skier. Comic book fan. Lover of good eats.

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In this session, Jon talks about analytics in the agency business. He discussed best practices and some operational hacks to help leaders become successful in the world of analytics in the marketing domain(one of the early adopter of technology)

Timeline: 0:29 John's journey. 6:07 Use cases for the benchmark studies at L2. 7:16 The struggles and challenges in the digital industry. 11:30 How much data is good data. 14:55 Staying relevant during times of disruption. 20:18 Analysing data of various cultures for a global company. 24:30 Art of doing business and science of doing business. 27:22 Jon's current role. 30:06 How much of L2 in facing and out facing? 31:45 Qualifying a source/platform. 35:20 Integrating a new source into the existing algorithm. 38:16 Building classifiers. 40:00 Jon's leadership style. 43:00 Client facing a leadership. 45:12 Jon's magic data science hire. 47:28 Suggestion for starting a data practice in a dissimilar industry. 50:55 World without survey. 53:11 Future of data in the digital industry.

Podcast link: https://futureofdata.org/futureofdata-jon-gibs-chief-data-officer-l2-inc/

Bio- Jon Gibs is the Chief Data Officer and Chief Data Scientist at L2, a digital research, benchmarking, and advisory services company recently acquired by the Gartner Group. Prior to his time at L2, Jon founded and was the group vice president of data science and analytics at Huge, a digital agency in Brooklyn, and spent 10 years at Nielsen running its digital analytics practice.

Jon's graduate work has been in Geography and spatial statistics at The University at Buffalo.

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• ERRATA (As Reported by Peter: "The book Peter mentioned (at 46:20) by Stuart Russell, "Do the Right Thing", was published in 2003, and not recently"

In this session Peter Morgan, CEO Deep Learning Partnership sat with Vishal Kumar, CEO AnalyticsWeek and shared his thoughts around Deep Learning, Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence. They've discussed some of the best practices when it comes to picking right solution, right vendor and what are some of the keyword means.

Here's Peter's Bio: Peter Morgan is a scientist-entrepreneur starting out in high energy physics enrolled in the PhD program at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. After leaving UMass, and founding my own company, Peter has moved into computer networks, designing, implementing and troubleshooting global IP networks for companies such as Cisco, IBM and BT Labs. After getting an MBA and dabbling in financial trading algorithms. Peter has worked for three years on an experiment lead by Stanford University to measure the mass of the neutrino. Since 2012. He had been working in Data Science and Deep Learning, founding an AI Solutions company in Jan 2016.

As an entrepreneur Peter has founded companies in the AI, social media, and music industries. He has also served on the advisory board of technology startups. Peter is a popular speaker at conferences, meetups and webinars. He has cofounded and currently organize meetups in the deep learning space. Peter has business experience in the USA, UK and Europe.

Today, as CEO of Deep Learning Partnership, He leads the strategic direction and business development across product and services. This includes sales and marketing, lead generation, client engagement, recruitment, content creation and platform development. Deep Learning technologies used include computer vision and natural language processing and frameworks like TensorFlow, Keras and MXnet. Deep Learning Partnership design and implement AI solutions for our clients across all business domains.

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In this session, Nathaniel discussed how NFPA uses data to empower fire stations worldwide with data-driven insights. We discussed the future of fire in this tech-driven world.

Timeline: 0:29 Nathaniel's journey. 3:50 What's NFPA? 6:12 Nathaniel's role in NFPA. 8:50 Nathaniel's book. 12:21 The data science team at NFPA. 15:01 Working with the government. 18:50 Interesting use cases of NFPA. 25:49 Fining tuning the data model at NFPA. 28:11 NFPA alliance with the Insurance industry. 31:33 Recruiting an idea concept or tool. 33:16 How to approach NFPA? 36:03 Nathaniel's role: in facing or outfacing? 40:41 Suggestions for Non-profits to build a data science practice. 43:49 Putting together a data science team. 46:34 Predicting the fire outcome. 48:11 Closing remarks.

Podcast link: https://futureofdata.org/futureofdata-nathaniel-lin-chief-data-scientist-nfpa/

Bio- Nathaniel Lin has an extensive background in business and marketing analytics with strategic roles in both start-ups and Fortune 500 companies. He offers the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) agency and client perspective gleaned from his work at Fidelity Investments, OgilvyOne, Aspen Marketing, and IBM Worldwide. During his tenure with IBM Asia Pacific, he also built and led a marketing analytics group that won a DMA/NCDM Gold Award in B2B Marketing.

Lin served as an adjunct professor of business analytics at Boston College and Georgia Tech College of Management. He is also the founder of two LinkedIn groups related to big data analytics and is the 2014 author of Applied Business Analytics – Integrating Business Process, Big Data, and Advanced Analytics. Lin has an MBA in Management of Technology/Sloan Fellows from MIT Sloan School of Management and earned both a Ph.D. In Environmental Engineering and an Honors B.S from Birmingham University in England.

Founded in 1896, NFPA is a global, nonprofit organization devoted to eliminating death, injury, property, and economic loss due to fire, electrical and related hazards. The association delivers information and knowledge through more than 300 consensus codes and standards, research, training, education, outreach, and advocacy; and partner with others who share an interest in furthering the NFPA mission. For more information, visit www.nfpa.org.

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In this session, John Young, Chief Analytics Officer, Epsilon Data Management, sat with Vishal Kumar, CEO AnalyticsWeek and shared his journey to Chief Analytics Officer, life @ Epsilon, and discussed some challenges/opportunities faced by data-driven organizations, its executives and shared some best practices.

Timeline: 2:51 What's Epsilon? 5:12 John's journey. 9:24 The role of CAO in Epsilon. 12:12 How much John's role is in facing and out facing. 13:19 Best practices in data analytics at Epsilon. 16:15 Demarcating CDO and CAO. 19:52 Depth and breadth of decision making at Epsilon. 25:00 Dealing with clients of Epsilon. 28:48 Best data practices for businesses. 34:39 Build or buy data? 37:21 Creating a center of excellence with data. 40:01 Building a data team. 43:45 Tips for aspiring data analytics executives. 46:05 Art of doing business and science of doing business. 48:31 Closing remarks.

Podcast link: https://futureofdata.org/analyticsweek-leadership-podcast-with-john-young-epsilon-data-management/

Here's John's Bio: Mr. Young has general management responsibilities for the 150+ member Analytic Consulting Group at Epsilon. His responsibilities also include design and consultation on various database marketing analytic engagements, including predictive modeling, segmentation, measurement, and profiling. John also brings thought leadership on important marketing topics. John works with companies in numerous industries, including financial services, technology, retail, healthcare, and not-for-profit.

Before joining Epsilon in 1994, Mr. Young was a Marketing Research Manager at Digitas, a Market Research Manager at Citizens Bank, Research Manager at the AICPA, and an Assistant Economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City.

Mr. Young has presented at numerous conferences, including NCDM Winter and Summer, DMA Annual, DMA Marketing Analytics, LIMRA Big Data Analytics, and Epsilon’s Client Symposiums. He has published in DM News, CRM Magazine’s Viewpoints, Chief Marketer, Loyalty 360, Colloquy, and serves on the advisory board of the DMA’s Analytics Community.

Mr. Young holds a B.S. and M.S. in Economics from Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado.

The podcast is sponsored by: TAO.ai(https://tao.ai), Artificial Intelligence Driven Career Coach

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In this session, Dr. Nipa Basu, Chief Analytics Officer, Dun&Bradstreet, sat with Vishal Kumar, CEO AnalyticsWeek and shared her journey as Chief Analytics Officer, life @ D&B, Future of Credit Scoring, and some challenges/opportunities she's observing as an industry observer, executive, and practitioner.

Timeline: 0:29 Nipa's background. 4:14 What is D&B? 7:40 Depth and breadth of decision making at D&B. 9:36 Matching security with technological evolution. 13:42 Anticipatory analytics. 16:00 CAO's role in D&B: in facing or outfacing? 18:32 Future of credit scoring. 21:36 Challenges in dealing with clients. 24:08 Cultural challenges. 28:42 Good use cases in security data. 31:51 CDO, CAO, and CTO. 33:56 Optimistic trends data analytics businesses. 36:44 Social data monitoring. 39:18 Creating a holistic model for data monitoring. 41:02 Overused terms in data analytics. 42:10 Best practices for small businesses to get started with data analytics. 44:33 Indicators that indicate the need for analytics for businesses. 47:06 Advice for data-driven leaders. 49:30 Art of doing business and science of doing business.

Podcast link: https://futureofdata.org/analyticsweek-leadership-podcast-with-dr-nipa-basu-dun-bradstreet/

Here's Nipa's Bio: Dr. Nipa Basu is the Chief Analytics Officer at Dun & Bradstreet. Nipa is the main source of inspiration and leadership for Dun & Bradstreet’s extensive team of data modelers and scientists that partner with the world’s leading Fortune 500 companies to create innovative, analytic solutions to drive business growth and results. The team is highly skilled in solving a wide range of business challenges with unique, basic, and advanced analytic applications.

Nipa joined Dun & Bradstreet in 2000 and since then has held key leadership roles focused on driving the success of Dun & Bradstreet’s Analytics practice. In 2012, Nipa was named Leader, Analytic Development, and in March 2015, Nipa was named Chief Analytics Officer and appointed to Dun & Bradstreet’s executive team.

Nipa began her professional career as an Economist with the New York State Legislative Tax Study Commission. She then joined Sandia National Laboratories, a national defense laboratory where she built a Microsimulation Model of the U.S. Economy. Prior to joining Dun & Bradstreet, Nipa was a database marketing statistician for AT&T with responsibility for building predictive marketing models.

Nipa received her Ph. D. in Economics from the State University of New York at Albany, specializing in Econometrics.

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