The Rock Bottom Data Feed

Everyone says that data has value, but what does that mean? How do you measure that value? This week we talk a little less about people and a little more about business and monetization. Our guest is Doug Laney, author of the bestselling book, Infonomics.

Chapters

00:00 – Open & Introduction; 03:10 – Monologue; 06:03 – Doug Laney; 26:02 – Dispatches from Rock Bottom; 28:08 – Audio Rorschach Test; 30:35 – Recap & Close

Recently, John and Mark brought the Rock Bottom Data Feed to the Data Governance & Information Quality (DGIQ) conference in Washington, DC. We let out our nets to see what we could catch, so to speak. Well, the nets came back full. So many great conversations, observations, and insights. Some folks sat down and chatted for a long time. We'll be hearing from a couple of them in upcoming episodes. Others just dropped by for just a few minutes. We've accumulated those bits of conversation into this special episode.

Chapters

00:00 - Open & Introduction; 01:05 - Anne-Marie Smith; 02:00 - Mystery Guest; 04:24 - Katrina Ingram; 05:53 - Kristen; 08:46 - Mathias Vercauteren; 13:44 - Nicole Bills; 14:54 - Tom; 18:47 - Neena Sathi; 20:51 - Vince Sathi; 23:59 - Trisha Posser; 26:13 - Tom Redman; 27:06 - Irene Dirks; 28:17 - Ali; 30:07 - Recap & Close

According to some research, about half of large organizations are“Data Driven,” meaning they are "driving business innovation with data." According to other research, that number is about half of that. But wait, isn’t that what data is for in the first place? Not good enough! So in this episode, we call BS on Data Driven.

Our guest is Randy Bean, bestselling author of Fail Fast, Learn Faster: Lessons in Data-Driven Leadership in an Age of Disruption, Big Data, and AI, and a regular contributor to Forbes, Harvard Business Review, and MIT Sloan Management Review on Data & AI leadership.

Chapters:

00:00 – Open & Introduction; 06:39 – Monologue; 09:22 – Randy Bean; 26:13 – Dispatches from Rock Bottom; 28:19 – Audio Rorschach Test; 29:55 – Recap & Close

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Surveys Cited in Dispatches: ThoughtSpot, Software Development Times, Wavestone (New Vantage Partners)

Would anybody disagree that Data Governance isn't working out the way we had all hoped? Yes, we've seen successes, but for the most part it's been like trying to throw an angel food cake under water. As long as you're pushing there's movement. As soon as you stop everything falls away. This episode is the first in a three part series that takes a hard look at Data Governance. We are honored to welcome Gwen Thomas, one of the pioneers of the field to join us at Rock Bottom.

Returning this season are the Rock Bottom Players: Evan Goldt, Kasey Griffin, Johnathan Whited, Pam Ladley, and Karen Cooper.

Chapters:

00:00 - Open & Introduction; 06:21 - Monologue; 09:47 - Gwen Thomas; 30:30 - Dispatches; 32:48 - Recap & Close

John Ladley and Mark Cooper welcome you to Rock Bottom. We recognize that the last thing the world needs is another podcast, but we aim to make this one different. We are going to take apart the data industry and have fun doing it. It seems that many companies aren’t taking data and analytics very seriously either, so maybe we’ll fit right in. We’re all at rock bottom, but at the end of each episode everyone technical and everyone non-technical will take away some nugget of information that will allow them to take one step forward. The journey starts today with the help of our guest, Stacey Clark.

Feature Image by Armburst.