In this session, Frank Calderoni, CEO Anaplan shared how to build a company that sees hypergrowth by upstanding the character of the company. He shared his insights on his journey in leading a large organization while still maintaining the character-led culture. Bio: Frank Calderoni is the Chief Executive Officer of Anaplan and the chairman of the company’s board of directors. Frank is a technology industry veteran with over 30 years of successful executive leadership. Before joining...

In this podcast, Matt Blumberg discussed his book Startup CXO, the insights it carries and shared how to build a thriving leadership that builds for tomorrow today. He sheds light on the importance of a good leader and how to achieve it effectively. Matt's Recommended Read: The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers Ben Horowitz https://amzn.to/3edvsHV The Oxygen Advantage: Simple, Scientifically Proven Breathing Techniques to Help You Become...

In this show, Jeffrey Hull talks about his book Flex. He shared insights on the art and science of being a great leader. He shared the anatomy of leadership and the ingredients of those who do it successfully. Bio: Jeffrey Hull, Ph.D. BCC is CEO of Leadershift, Inc. a leadership development consultancy based in New York City and author of the best-selling book, FLEX: The Art and Science of Leadership in A Changing World, from Penguin-Random House in 2019. A highly sought-after speaker,...

In this session, Ram discussed the ever-evolving world of competitive advantage. He shared how current changes desire to rethink of competitive edge strategies. He shared some data-driven strategies and some best practices that are executable and easy to implement. Bio: Ram Charan is the co-author of the bestselling Execution and Confronting Reality, written with Larry Bossidy, and the author of Know-How and a dozen other books. A former award-winning Harvard Business School professor, he is...

In this conversation, Thomas Eisenmann discussed the complicated world of startup failures. Tom discussed various failures and what are some ways businesses could have done right. This is a great conversation for anyone seeking to understand failures and how to avoid them. Bio: Tom Eisenmann is the Howard H. Stevenson Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School (HBS) and the faculty co-chair of the Arthur Rock Center for Entrepreneurship. Since joining the HBS faculty in...

In this podcast, Ben Pring co-founded and leads the Center for the Future of Work at Cognizant discussed the challenges of technology and transformation as we go through the future of work. Ben shared some challenges of not doing technology transformation properly. He also talked about his book Monster sharing similar insights as it relates to technology and its adoption. Introduction: Ben Pring co-founded and leads the Center for the Future of Work at Cognizant, a $16+ billion American...

In this podcast, Jim Harter discussed one of Gallup’s most extended run studies to understand the traits of manager. He sheds light on the qualities of a manager and what all tools and resources they need to succeed. Jim discussed his latest book, “Its the Manager” and how the book is a compilation of some common traits of winning manager. Jim also discussed his journey of leading a sizeable data-centric organization and what all it takes to create a research when you are inundated with data....

In this podcast, Rishad Tobaccowala discussed the importance of understanding the soul of the business. He emphasized how important it is to nurture creativity. He warned about not getting distracted with too much math but also keep an eye on the mission. This will help create a human-centric and human-powered organization. A session is a good watch for aspiring leaders tasked to build future organizations amidst the age of data and intelligence. Timeline: 1:31 Rishad’s journey. 5:05...

Discussing AI First Company and AI First mentality with Ash Fontana. He sheds light on how organizations could embrace analytics, data and AI to retain competitive edge. Bio: Ash Fontana became one of the most recognized startup investors in the world after launching online investing at AngelList. He then became a Managing Director of Zetta, the first investment fund that focused on AI. The firm was the lead investor in category-defining AI companies such as Kaggle, Domino, Tractable, Lilt...

Discussing #FutureOfData & Growth with Jeff Kavanaugh. Jeff discussed the importance and tenets of a live evolving organizations. He shared some tips and tricks that businesses could do to ensure they are evolving for faster and agile growth through the age of transformation. Jeff Kavanaugh is global head for the Infosys Knowledge Institute, the research and thought leadership arm of Infosys, a leader in digital services and consulting. Jeff is also an adjunct professor at the business...

Discussing Data, Innovation, and Creativity with Josh Linkner talks about using little creativity spurts to use for disruption. He sheds light on how organizations could embrace creativity and use little creative innovation to help stir for big breakthroughs. She shared lots of example of big little breakthroughs. Bio: He has been the founder and CEO of five tech companies, which sold for a combined value of over $200 million. He’s the author of four books including the New York Times...

Thomas Dietterich ( @tdietterich ) on Understanding the Depth of AI #FutureOfData #Leadership #Podcast In this podcast Thomas Dietterich(@tdietterich) Distinguished Professor Emeritus @ Oregan State University sat with Vishal @ AnalyticsWeek to discuss the depth of AI. in This session Tom shared the current state, limitations and future of AI. He shared areas where AI is relevant and which areas are still seeking more testing for AI adoption. He also shared some of the pitfalls with current...

Nathan Furr ( @nathan_furr @INSEAD ) on leading transformation through data driven times #FutureOfData #Leadership #Podcast In this podcast Nathan Furr(@nathan_furr) talked about leading transformation. He shared some of the crucial ingredients of transformational leaders. He shed some light on how businesses could improve their story telling to get transformation agenda across. He shared some cool tips and tricks that help transformation leaders on planning for a transformation across data...

Bob Greifeld (Former CEO/Chairman @Nasdaq) on leading the market through data transformation In this podcast Bob Greifeld discussed importance of understanding the transformation and leading the companies through it. Bob shared his journey of growing Nasdaq through changing market times and taking company through intense market pressure and product competition. Session is a great watch for aspiring leaders preparing a team that plays a significant role in defining jobs of future. Bob's...

Dr. @MikeStonebraker on the future of #DataOps and #AI #FutureOfData #Leadership #Podcast In this podcast Dr. Michael Stonebraker discussed his perspective on growing data ops industry and its future. Dr. Stonebraker has launched several startups that defined the data ops and he shared his insights into the data ops market and what to expect in the future of data and operations. Podcast Link: iTunes: http://math.im/itunes Youtube: http://math.im/youtube Dr. Stonebraker's BIO: Dr....

Dr. @MikeStonebraker on his journey to evolution of data ops and winning #Turing Award #FutureOfData #Leadership #Podcast In this podcast Dr. Michael Stonebraker discussed his journey into creating data ops and winning Turing award. He shared his life's several aha moments and progressions that mirrored the evolution of data ops industry. It's a delight conversation for anyone seeking to understand how data ops has evolved over last couple of decades and what it take to win Turing...

In this podcast Stephen Wunker spent time in discussing the future of organization via cost innovations and how some enterprises connect a successful pricing strategy with their data strategy. He sheds light on what some of the successful companies do to stay competitive and keep innovating their cost strategies to find effective customer connections. He shares some challenges that leadership face in adopting an successful cost innovation strategy. The book "Costovation" and this podcast is...

Preparing the leaders for #DataDriven #Future @ErikaAndersen #FutureOfData #Podcast In this podcast Erika from Proteus International talks about state of leadership today. She sheds light on data driven leaders and leaders leading the organizations to the future. She suggests some key insights, tactical steps and some stories to help understand the fabric of today's leaders leading tomorrow's organizations. Erika's Book: Be Bad First: Get Good at Things Fast to Stay Ready for the Future by...

In this podcast John Busby(@johnmbusby) Chief Analytics Officer @CenterfieldUSA talks about his journey leading data analytics practice of digital marketing agency. He sheds light on some methodologies for building a sound data science practice. He sheds light into the future of digital marketing and shared some big opportunities ripe for disruption in digital space. John's Recommended Read: Secrets of Professional Tournament Poker (D&B Poker) by Jonathan Little...

In this podcast Maksim, CDO @ City of San Diago discussed the nuances of running big data for big cities. He shared his perspectives on how to effectively build a central data office at a complex and extremely collaborative environment like a big city. He shared his thoughts on some ways to effectively prioritize which project to pursue. He shared how leadership and execution could blend together to solve civic issues relating to big and small cities. A great practitioner podcast for folks...

In This podcast Jim Sterne shared how marketing has evolved through disruptive times. He shared some of the best practices as shared by some of the leaders in marketing and digital analytics space. He sheds light on some opportunities that exists in marketing and analytics space and how machine learning is changing the face of digital and marketing. This is a great podcast for anyone looking to understand how AI is impacting marketing and what are some big opportunities in marketing and...

Road to building a successful AI Startup @DennisMortensen @XdotAI #FutureOfData #Leadership #Podcast In this podcast Dennis Mortensen (@DennisMortensen @XdotAI) sat with Vishal Kumar from @AnalyticsWeek to discuss his entrepreneurial journey of building successful analytics startups. He shared his journey to starting advance analytics and AI startup x.ai and how he is solving an importance productivity killer using AI. He shared his challenges and opportunities of being early entrant into...

In this podcast Seth Stephens-Davidowitz (@SethD_S), author of New York Times Bestseller Everybody Lies, discussed what our social data knows about us. He shares some critical insights into human psyche on how humans behaves differently to machines then fellow humans. This shed some interesting light on today's data driven disruptive times, when curiosity to stay relevant and data driven is all time high. This is a great podcast to understand the capability that data has and how it could...

In this podcast Jason Carmel(@defenestrate99) Chief Data Officer @ POSSIBLE talks about his journey leading data analytics practice of digital marketing agency. He sheds light on some methodologies for building a sound data science practice. He sheds light on using data science chops for good and helping do some good while creating traditional value for the company. He shared his perspective on keeping team high on creativity to keep creating innovative solutions. This is a great podcast for...