Podcast Your Data

Kat Nagar, Director of Compensation and Talent Analytics, and Karl Riddett, Director of Data Analytics, from Inspire Brands share their experiences with Dan Murray about integrating tech into processes as well as collaborating across departments and disciplines to create a data-driven environment. Be on the lookout for Inspire’s session at TC18!

Magic is what happens when our panel gets together. Magic and gold. This week’s show is a lot of both as Brad, Ben, Kate and Mat talk about Gartner’s Magic Quadrant for Business Intelligence Tools, self-service analytics as a concept and the different infrastructure options your organization can choose from to meet their needs. Subscribe to Podcast Your Data through iTunes, Stitcher, Pocket Casts or your favorite podcasting app.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO US! We’re officially two years old. Thank you for being a part of our community for the past two years. We have some exciting updates to the show that we’ll implement in upcoming episodes, the first being our new panel format. Brad Fair and Mat Hughes join host Robert Rouse to talk about Tableau performance, what it means to be “fast,” the different ways to measure performance and some practical steps to getting better performance. Hit us up on Twitter @interworks with questions and feedback. Subscribe to Podcast Your Data through iTunes, Stitcher, Pocket Casts or your favorite podcasting app.

As we wrap up a full two years of Podcast Your Data!, Analytics Consultant Justus Niemzok of InterWorks Europe sits down with Jim de Clercq, the Analytics Product Lead and data champion at Logitech. Jim is helping to drive the data revolution inside his network and gives us insight into how he’s doing it. Subscribe to Podcast Your Data through iTunes, Stitcher, Pocket Casts or your favorite podcasting app.

The keys to any good community are the connecting points, which is even more true for the data community (see what we did there?). This week, Dan Murray talks with Tableau User Group (TUG) leaders from around the world to find out what it’s like being a part, organizing and benefiting from such a community. Kent Sloan from Oklahoma City, Andy Piper from Atlanta and Eugenia Kis from the Netherlands bring their unique perspectives and talents to our podcast. Subscribe to Podcast Your Data through iTunes, Stitcher, Pocket Casts or your favorite podcasting app.

PYD has reached its fiftieth episode! To celebrate, we’re talking with Senior Product Manager at Tableau Server Irwin Dolobowsky to discover how he and his team brought Tableau Server to the Linux platform. InterWorks Solutions Architect Tony Kau asks the tough (and some not-so-tough) questions about Tableau Server on Linux, but Irwin is definitely the guy for the job. Subscribe to Podcast Your Data through iTunes, Stitcher, Pocket Casts or your favorite podcasting app.

It’s the first Podcast Your Data! episode of the new year, and there is already plenty to discuss. We have a full cast of characters as Robert Rouse, Tony Kau and Brad Fair team up for a roundtable discussion on everything you need to know about Tableau 10.5. They explain all the changes and new features in this release, plus they include some tips and tricks on how to upgrade from 10.4 and 10.5. Subscribe to Podcast Your Data through iTunes, Stitcher, Pocket Casts or your favorite podcasting app.

It’s the final Podcast Your Data! episode of the year, and we’re looking back at an exciting 2017! Robert Rouse and David Pires talk about TC17, new technologies and the year’s best data books. Plus, they give us the rundown on what exciting new tools and organizations we can expect to hear more about in 2018. Finally, David and Robert share the “juicy details” on what they’ll be doing for the holidays! Subscribe to Podcast Your Data through iTunes, Stitcher, Pocket Casts or your favorite podcasting app.

On this week’s podcast episode, host Robert Rouse discusses the AWS re:Invent conference with panelists Brian Bickell and Derek Hecksher. The Las Vegas, Nevada, conference was massive with over 40,000 people in attendance. It was a builders-focused event, centered around new and updated offerings. Amazon also displayed their cloud offerings, which are making waves in machine learning and deep learning. Don’t miss out on this devops-centric episode of Podcast Your Data! Subscribe to Podcast Your Data through iTunes, Stitcher, Pocket Casts or your favorite podcasting app.

This week, we have a special episode of Podcast Your Data! from across the pond! InterWorks U.K.’s Sian Davies hosts Tech Talent Charter CEO Debbie Forster. As a Member of the British Empire and one of the “20 Most Influential Women in U.K. IT” since 2014, Debbie is a leading figure in the U.K.’s tech industry. She is a champion for flexibility in the modern workplace by promoting more career opportunities for women in the tech world. Debbie and Sian discuss all of this plus non-profits, innovation and more on today’s episode! Subscribe to Podcast Your Data through iTunes, Stitcher, Pocket Casts or your favorite podcasting app.

Today, we’ve got a special political edition of Podcast Your Data! InterWorks’ Michael Treadwell discusses data analytics in local government with Oliver Wise. As the Director of Performance and Accountability in New Orleans, Oliver is all about using data in a positive way to impact cities. In fact, he launched the very first performance management and data analytics practice in New Orleans, Louisiana. Michael and Oliver dive into open data initiatives, using R in government entities and more in this week’s episode! Subscribe to Podcast Your Data! through iTunes, Stitcher, Pocket Casts or your favorite podcasting app.

Returning to Podcast Your Data! this week is Alberto Cairo! You may remember him from one of our very first podcasts over a year ago. As the Knight Chair of Visual Journalism at the University of Miami, he has in-depth experience with the state of data journalism today. He discusses his lecture tour “Visual Trumpery,” fake data and more with Dan Murray on this week’s podcast. Subscribe to Podcast Your Data through iTunes, Stitcher, Pocket Casts or your favorite podcasting app.

With the 2017 Tableau Conference next week, we decided to post a special bonus episode for everyone! On this week’s “Podcast Your Data!,” David Pires from InterWorks EU hosts a roundtable discussion on BI trends in large organizations. Panelists include Paul Banoub from London, Paul Chapman also from London and Fi Gordon from Sydney. They are all fully distinguished in their respective fields and have the titles to prove it, all of which were too long to include here. So, listen in as these leading figures in data visualization join together to record a standout, informative podcast! Subscribe to Podcast Your Data through iTunes, Stitcher, Pocket Casts or your favorite podcasting app.

This week’s PYD! is extra special as we have not one, but two Zen Masters! Okay, one current and one former, but still! InterWorks’ Dan Murray chats with Piedmont Healthcare’s Director of Business Intelligence, Mark Jackson. They’re long-time acquaintances and jump right into the data talk! With Mark’s extensive experience working with EXASOL and Tableau, he understands better than anyone how life-changing of a product EXASOL can be for your data. All that and more is in this week’s episode! Subscribe to Podcast Your Data through iTunes, Stitcher, Pocket Casts or your favorite podcasting app.

Tableau ambassador and InterWorks EU consultant David Pires talks with Peter Gilks on this week’s episode of Podcast Your Data! Peter is a statistics veteran after working at Slalom and now Spotify as the Director of Product Insights. He’ll also be attending and speaking at the upcoming 2017 Tableau Conference about using Tableau for visual analysis at Spotify. Hit play and get an inside look into music’s leading streaming service and the man who handles the numbers! Subscribe to Podcast Your Data through iTunes, Stitcher, Pocket Casts or your favorite podcasting app.

On this week’s episode, InterWorks Analytics Consultant and Alteryx Ace, Michael Treadwell sits down with Hadley Wickham. As an author, contributor and Chief Scientist at R Studio, Hadley is on the forefront of building better tools for data science. Even if you don’t have a background in coding, he’s all about getting people up to speed quickly and efficiently. An interest in data is not necessary to enjoy this episode. Sit back, relax and push play on Podcast Your Data! Subscribe to Podcast Your Data through iTunes, Stitcher, Pocket Casts or your favorite podcasting app.

Today’s episode reaches across the pond as David Pires from our EU team sits down with EXASOL’s Head of BI and Tableau Evangelist, Eva Murray. Four years ago, while working for one of the largest banks in Australia, she became introduced to Tableau. Fast forward to today, she’s living in Germany and working for one of InterWorks’ partners, EXASOL. She also gives a recap of her recent Monday Makeover webinar about vis design tips and tricks. It’s all happening on this week’s Podcast Your Data! Subscribe to Podcast Your Data through iTunes, Stitcher, Pocket Casts or your favorite podcasting app.

We have a very special show this week: listen in as Sian Davies from InterWorks Europe discusses our Tableau training services with Carly Capitula, IW Head of Training and Enablement Practice, James Austin, IW EU Consultant, and Sarah Nell, Tableau’s Product Manager of E-learning and Certification at Tableau. Find out what it takes to develop a dynamic curriculum that evolves as Tableau does. Plus, you’ll hear the inside scoop from the Tableau trainers themselves as they divulge what questions and funny comments they hear the most during training sessions. Subscribe to Podcast Your Data through iTunes, Stitcher, Pocket Casts or your favorite podcasting app.

This week’s Podcast Your Data! is all about Alteryx! Take a listen as Michael Treadwell, InterWorks’ own Alteryx Ace, speaks with fellow Aces Ken Black and Cathy Bridges. Hear their thoughts on this year’s Alteryx Inspire Conference as well as tips on how you can get the very most out of an Alteryx conference or any tech conference you attend. They also discuss how data game-changers like Alteryx Connect and Alteryx for Good are making waves in the data community. Get the inside scoop on all of this and more from Ken and Cathy in this week’s episode. Subscribe to Podcast Your Data through iTunes, Stitcher, Pocket Casts or your favorite podcasting app.

Alan Eldridge, Tableau’s first full-time local employee for APAC, joins our own Aussie, Robert Curtis. Together they explore what makes Tableau and its community unlike any other, how Tableau is able to meet the demands of both SMBs and Enterprise customers, the future of Tableau and much more. You won’t want to miss Alan’s top 6 tips for creating faster workbooks either! Subscribe to Podcast Your Data through iTunes, Stitcher, Pocket Casts or your favorite podcasting app.