Data Dazed and Confused?

Jonathan David Lewis, president of McKee Wallwork on rebuilding leadership in a trust recession. The author of three books including Brand vs Wild: Building Resilient Brands for Harsh Business Environments, and The Rebuilders: Daily Foundations for the Leaders We Need, he says th ... Show More

Kendra MacDonald, CEO of Canada's Ocean Supercluster on digital transformation in the ocean economy. One of Atlantic Businesses Magazine's top 50 CEOs, and recipient of The King Charles Award which honors exemplary Canadians for exceptional leadership and impact, she shows how na ... Show More

Dr. Ami Bhatt, Chief Innovation Officer at the American College of Cardiology and FDA Digital Health Advisory Committee chair on the rise of telemedicine and AI in healthcare. The Harvard and Yale trained cardiologist explains how and why to build the frameworks which determine h ... Show More

Brian Cox and Robin Ince are joined on stage by Danny Wallace, mathematician Hannah Fry and science writer Timandra Harkness. They'll be going big on Big Data, and asking just how big is it? They'll be looking at where Big Data comes from, should we be worried about it, and what ... Show More

Jim and Devin discuss the industry's latest buzzword trend "big data", and whether any middle market company really has a big data problem. 

What does Big Data actually mean? How has the science of Big Data changed recently? What are the potential benefits and pitfalls of Big Data? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

<p>Regression. Correlation. Normality. t-tests. Falsities of both the positive <em>and</em> negative varieties. How do these terms and techniques play nicely with digital analytics data? Are they the schoolyard bullies wielded by data scientists, destined to simply run by and kic ... Show More

Huge amounts of information, known as administrative data, are being used by government and researchers to know what you need, even before you need it.  How are linkages between data sets, and tracking types of people and businesses over time helping to improve decision making?   ... Show More

Filmmaker Adam Curtis questions the value of Big Data in society. In his latest BBC series, 'Can't Get You Out Of My Head', Curtis explores "Love, power, money, ghosts of empire, conspiracies, artificial intelligence – and You." Curtis spoke to Business Daily's Ed Butler about ho ... Show More

<p>Do economic sanctions work? Are big democracies any good at spreading democracy? What is the root cause of terrorism? It turns out that data analysis can help answer all these questions — and make better foreign-policy decisions. Guests include former Department of Defense off ... Show More

We live in an age where we have more data than ever. But most leaders have two strong reactions to new data. Either they rely too heavily on studies or information to make decisions. Or they dismiss outright data that could be very relevant. The better way is learning how to inte ... Show More

<p><em data-rich-text-format-boundary="true">What's in a job title? that which we call a senior data scientist by any other job title would model as predictively…</em></p> <p>This, dear listener, is why the hosts of this podcast crunch data rather than dabble in iambic pentameter ... Show More

<p>We’ve been inundated with questions from our listeners on what defines a data scientist, how to break into analytics, and ways for the average person to assess data reliability. That is why for this month, we interview our very own Xiao-Li Meng, who has contemplated many such ... Show More