Episode 4 - Building an Effective Data-Science Capability

03/10/20 • 26 min

This episode reflects a key challenge facing many businesses and business leaders today – how to build a thriving data science capability. The demand for data-science and analytics in the UK has grown by 231% over the last five and half years making data and analytic skills a sought-after talent. Rich Pugh, Chief Data Scientist and Mango Solutions co-founder, alongside Dave Gardner Principle Engagement Lead at Mango, discuss how organisations can address this vital business function.

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Episode 3 - Finding the right use case for Data Science

In this episode, Rich Pugh, Chief Data Scientist and co-founder of Mango Solutions and David Gardner, who leads the data science team at Mango, talk about finding the right use case for data science projects. Too many companies are using data to solve the wrong problem, because they don't define what it is they want to achieve before diving in to a complex data-science project. The result is often "Right answer, wrong question" and of little practical use to the organisation. Rich and David tell us how to avoid such pitfalls and how to make sure you are asking the right question from the start.

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Episode 5 - Lies, Damn Lies and Data Science

In this episode Rich Pugh, Chief Data Scientist and co-founder of Mango Solutions and Dave Gardner, Principle Engagement Lead at Mango, discuss the issue of data reliability. Throughout human history people have been misrepresenting numbers to suit a particular interpretation or view-point. So how can you build trust in your data sources, so that decisions based on that data can be made with confidence? Rich and Dave, look at the issues and problems involved and tell us how they ensure reliability in a data-driven business.