7: David Scott: we're the newcomers, we have to make the effort
Release Date: 12/06/2018
32: Dean Marchiori: Going full circle
cindytonkin's podcast
Dean Marchiori is my guest this week. If you're after something to do while you're self-isolating, working from home or panicking about your supplies of printer toner, have a listen.
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31: Moha Ganji: planning, mentors, reflection
cindytonkin's podcast
Moha Ganji and I had a lovely time talking about being one of the IAPA Top 25 leaders, the importance of planning and reflection time, where she finds mentors, and more.
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30: Lori Silverman: not just decisions: Actions!
cindytonkin's podcast
My guest today is Lori Silverman. Lori is not a data person as such: she specialises in getting organisations to shift. And she has some fascinating things to say around how data stories are told.
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29: Chris Crook: Targeted curiosity
cindytonkin's podcast
Chris Crook from Nature Research is my guest today. Nature Research just won a B&T, and the award itself looks quite beautiful, quite casually hanging out with the mags in their foyer.
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28: Gabe Mach: Nothing you can't fix with numbers
cindytonkin's podcast
Gabe Mach is my guest on this podcast. Gabe is one of IAPA's top 25 leaders in 2019. He's entertaining, interesting and thought-provoking.
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27: Nate Watson: Math is the cultural equalizer
cindytonkin's podcast
Nate Watson talks about how urgent it is for organisations to start using their data for decisions.
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26: Tony Savides: the Magnificent So What
cindytonkin's podcast
Tony Savides was recently honoured as one of the top 25 Leaders in Analytics by the Institute of Analytics Professionals
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25: Satya Upadhyaya: Marketing Technologist
cindytonkin's podcast
Satya Upadhyaya is a Marketing Technologist.
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24: Maura Church: Life work harmony
cindytonkin's podcast
Maura Church makes data into insights at Patreon.
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22: Vin Vashishta - interesting and useful
cindytonkin's podcast
Vin Vashishta is a big name in data science.
info_outlineDavid Scott has worked in Banking, Telecommunications and in the Public Sector. Right now his agile teams are doing some very interesting work with traffic data. The team's stated aim is to make things better for us, the end user of NSW roads.
David shares insights on how agile is building a happy, collaborative team, his leadership hacks and what he looks for in recruits. Some of this will be surprising, some of it is just good sense.
Here is his linked in profile.
Here David Scott talks about:
- the challenges of creating enterprise capability
- why his teams are loving agile ways of working
- his path to analytics through the business (Microsoft Access, his "gateway drug" to analytics)
- how he focuses on "big ticket items" that make analytics easier for people on the floor
- the importance of not getting bogged down in execution
- what he looks for when recruiting and more...
Links, references and anything else we mention are here https://consultantsconsultant.com.au/podcast/7-david-scott/