Leaders of Analytics
Leaders of Analytics is a podcast about data-driven decision-making, modern business leadership and the use of data and artificial intelligence in business and society. Each episode investigates the strategies, tools, techniques and leadership required to succeed in a world increasingly driven by data and analytics. The show’s guests share their stories and experiences in a way that helps listeners understand the big concepts and small details that make all the difference in today’s world of business.
The podcast is supported by ExpandIQ (https://www.expandiq.io), an Australian AI consulting and implementation partner helping organisations design, build and scale artificial intelligence capability, and TeamHiiv (https://www.teamhiiv.com), an AI operating platform for managing assistants, workflows and business processes in a structured and governed way.
Episodes
60 episodes
Why the Key to AI Success is Leadership, not Technology with Andreas Welsch
In this episode, I dive into the world of AI leadership with Andreas Welsh, a renowned AI expert and author of 'The AI Leadership Handbook'. We explore Andreas's impressive career at SAP, his new venture as an AI advisor and expert, his impactf...
Why Data Science Projects Fail with Evan Shellshear
My guest in this episode is Evan Shellshear, an expert in artificial intelligence and co-author of the eye-opening book "Why Data Science Projects Fail: The Harsh Realities of Implementing AI and Analytics, without the Hype."With nearly ...
Getting Higher ROI on your Advanced Analytics with Brian Ferris
Brian Ferris is a seasoned expert with over two decades of experience in technology and advanced analytics.Brian has an impressive track record, having worked in IT consulting for 9 years and client-side roles for 13 years with major org...
Pushing the Boundaries of Healthcare through Data Science with Akshay Swaminathan
In this episode, I’m joined by the remarkably versatile Akshay Swaminathan, a polyglot who speaks 11 languages and has carved a unique path from medicine to data science.Currently an MD-PhD candidate at Stanford, Akshay's work has taken ...
Data Careers and Creating a Life You Don’t Need a Holiday From with Coert du Plessis
My guest in this episode is Coert du Plessis, an impressive data and analytics executive, entrepreneur and general lover of life.Coert shares his wealth of knowledge and experience gained through a career and life full of interesting twi...
Pioneering Industrial Optimisation with AI Featuring Nikolaj van Omme
My guest on this episode is Nikolaj van Omme, CEO and co-founder of Funartech.Funartech is a Canadian company specializing in AI-driven solutions to complex industrial optimisation problems.The company’s secret sauce is combining ...
Unlock Your Potential: Leadership Lessons in Data Science from Sandhya Iyer
Sandy Iyer has been General Manager of Data Science at Sportsbet since the beginning of 2023, leading a dynamic team that leverages data in innovative ways.But what does it take to lead in such a data-driven environment? How does one bal...
The Dos and Don’ts of Data Literacy with Angelika Klidas
In this digital age, data is the lifeblood of business. Just as computer literacy became a non-negotiable skill in the 21st century, data literacy is now an essential competency in our increasingly data-driven world.Yet, despite its crit...
Turning Your Data Warehouse into a Marketing Engine with Tejas Manohar
Many large organisations have the data to pull off sophisticated marketing strategies, but only if they avoid the common pitfalls that limit the potential.In this episode I interview Tejas Manohar on the huge – and typically unexploited ...
The Hidden World of Data Manipulation: Insights from 'Data for All' with John Thompson
Every day, like invisible breadcrumbs, we leave trails of personal data scattered across the digital landscape.Each click, every search, every purchase - they all tell a story about us.But do we know where these breadcrumbs lead? ...
Randy Bean: Why Chief Data Officers are set up to fail and how to fix it
We’re definitely in AI hype mode at the moment largely driven by the evolution in generative AI.However, it seems like this progress is not necessarily driving lots of data-related innovation inside organisations that are not AI-first te...
From Data to Decisions: Strategies for Building a Data-Driven Culture with Kevin Hanegan
In a world where data is the new oil, being able to understand, analyse and interpret it is a vital skill. As the saying goes, "knowledge is power," and in this case, data literacy is the key to unlocking that power.I argue that data lit...
Learning over Knowing: Why You Need to Change Your Problem-Solving Practices with Dhiraj Rajaram
This episode of Leaders of Analytics features Dhiraj Rajaram, the Founder of global decision sciences company Mu Sigma. Mu Sigma serves more than 140 of the Fortune 500 and the company’s mission is to simplify complex problems through the scien...
How AI is Shaping the Future of Credit Decisioning with Ada Guan
In this episode of Leaders of Analytics, I am joined by Ada Guan who is one of the most innovative minds in the field of credit decisioning.Ada is CEO and co-founder of Rich Data Co, a company that helps lenders make informed and accurat...
Unlocking Business Value & Elevating Analytics to the C-Suite: Strategies and Best Practices with Murli Buluswar
Data is revolutionising our world, yet many companies fail to harness its value. What needs to be done for CEOs to see the value of having analytics as part of the executive inner circle?Unfortunately, many analytics teams struggle to mo...
Making the Shift from Corporate Executive to Entrepreneur with Michael Kingston
“Being an entrepreneur is basically like going from one crisis to the next”. Those are the words of Michael Kingston, co-founder and CEO of Seeda.At a point in his career when Michael was thriving, he took the daunting plunge from succes...
Building a Digital Government with Victor Dominello MP
Digital transformation is rapidly changing the way we live and work, and governments should be leading the way forward, according to Victor Dominello MP.As the Minister for Digital and Minister for Customer Service in the State Governmen...
Measuring Advertising Attention in a Cookieless World with John Hawkins
As the digital landscape evolves, privacy concerns and regulations are becoming increasingly important for advertisers. With the decline of third-party cookies and the rise of individual data usage consent, measuring advertising attention is mo...
Understanding How Venture Capital Works in 2023 with Scott Heyes
Inflation is rising, interest rates are up across the globe and cash is king again. How will this impact the flow of venture investments in start-ups and emerging technologies?While traditional investments may suffer during a recession, ...
Designing an Economy that Regenerates Rather than Consumes with Simon Schillebeeckx
30 years of “corporate social responsibility” has left our planet in dire straits.Biodiversity loss, climate change, water pollution, micro-plastic pollution, air pollution, species collapse, ecosystem collapse…the list goes on.Wh...
Data-Driven Retail at Bunnings featuring Genevieve Elliott
How does a traditional bricks-and-mortar retailer transform itself into an omni-channel business with strong digital and data science capabilities?In this episode of Leaders of Analytics we learn from Bunnings General Manager, Data and A...
The Playbook on Data-Driven Customer Retention with Sami Kaipa
Is your company good at customer success and retention? Chances are that you could be better.For most businesses with a recurring revenue model, customer churn is a very costly affair. Whenever a customer leaves, you lose out on recurrin...
The Economics of Data & Analytics with Bill Schmarzo
Do you really need a data-driven culture? Maybe not.According to Bill Schmarzo, the CEO’s mandate is to become value-driven, not data-driven. For analytics teams that means one thing: no one cares about your data, they want resul...
Building Data & Analytics Literacy with Ben Jarvis
Great analytics teams understand that they are responsible for two things concurrently: production and consumption.Most analytics teams master the production part well. After all, that’s why they exist, to produce analytics.<...
How to Achieve Data-Driven Marketing Success with Ikechi Okoronkwo
If you’re anything like me, you have a love/hate relationship with marketing. Marketing can be delightful, obnoxious or somewhere in-between, depending on content and context.Most of us remember an ad from our youth that has give...
