Tables Rock and DuckDB with Hannes Mühleisen

Hannes Mühleisen, creator of DuckDB, joins Juan and Tim to discuss why tables keep coming back and how the pendulum always swings. They cover the background of DuckDB, how it started, dive into the internals, when to use it and when not to use it. And of course, a bit of discussion on AI. Topics di…

TAKEAWAY Tables Rock and DuckDB with Hannes Mühleisen

This is the takeaway episode with Hannes Mühleisen, creator of DuckDB who joined Juan and Tim to discuss why tables keep coming back and how the pendulum always swings. They cover the background of DuckDB, and so much more

Start With the Business Metric, Not the AI with Richard Masters

Richard Masters, Senior Managing Director and Head of AI Strategy at Ancora AI by Design and former VP of Data at Virgin Atlantic joins Juan and Tim to discuss how to tie data and AI work to business strategy. The first basic question: what does the organization want to look like in three to five …

TAKEAWAY Start With the Business Metric, Not the AI with Richard Masters

This is the takeaway episode with Richard Masters, Senior Managing Director and Head of AI Strategy at Ancora AI by Design and former VP of Data at Virgin Atlantic where he joins Juan and Tim to discuss how to tie data and AI work to business strategy. We cover: starting with AI instead of a workf…

Dashboard Slop rant with Sonny Rivera

In this special rant episode, Sonny Rivera joins Juan and Tim during a live recording and rant about AI-generated dashboards, semantic layers, and what it takes to trust an answer. The situation: dashboards slop is easy to build which makes foundation matter more, not less. We discussed:  Building …

How data teams become trusted business partners with Nick Zervoudis

Nick Zervoudis, data product manager, trainer, and consultant at Value from Data & AI, joins Juan and Time to talk about why many data teams end up working like a service desk and what to do about it. The answer is: DO DISCOVERY! In this conversation, we cover how a service desk model breaks down w…

TAKEAWAY How data teams become trusted business partners with Nick Zervoudis

This is the takeaway episode with Nick Zervoudis, data product manager, trainer, and consultant at Value from Data & AI, joins Juan and Time to talk about why many data teams end up working like a service desk and what to do about it. The answer is: DO DISCOVERY! 

Game Changers: The Talent Imperative for the AI Era with Mohammed Aaser

Mohammed Aaser, former chief data officer at McKinsey and former chief data strategy officer at Domo, recently visited Juan and shared his framework on talent in the AI era. It was incredibly insightful and we asked if he could come back to the podcast (after 5 years!) His argument is that the pote…

TAKEAWAY Game Changers: The Talent Imperative for the AI Era with Mohammed Aaser

This is the takeaway episode with Mohammed Aaser, former chief data officer at McKinsey and former chief data strategy officer at Domo. He recently visited Juan and shared his framework on talent in the AI era. It was incredibly insightful and we asked if he could come back to the podcast (after 5 …

Preserve Executive Trust by Protecting Your Judgement with Dora Boussias

How do leaders preserve executive trust and credibility? Dora Boussias, executive advisor and former data executive returns to the podcast to unpack this question. Her answer: protect your judgement.  In this episode, Dora presents the trust equation that most leaders grew up with: expertise + tra…