The Smarter Data People podcast was a series recorded from 2018 to 2020, featuring conversations with leaders in data and technology. While the episodes have been retired from streaming platforms, a comprehensive archive of the transcripts is available below. I am currently working on a book series to synthesise the key insights from all episodes. I have already written one on recruitment techniques here.

Here are the episodes alphabetised by the guest’s first name.
- Aaron Artery: Values matter
- Amy Hodler: context and connections
- Ben Morley-John: Brain food
- Chris Crook: Targeted curiosity
- Chris Carr: Sticky Beak
- Christina Igasto: No failure only lessons
- Cindy Tonkin and Helen Lawson Williams: Upside down
- David Scott: We’re the newcomers so we have to make the effort
- Dean Marchiori Going Full Circle.
- Elizabeth Moore: Your analytics are only as good as the problem you’re trying to solve
- Gabe Mach: Nothing you can’t fix with numbers
- Glen Bell: be curious or miserable
- Ingo Bentrott: it’s not about the algorithm
- Jeremy Clopton: Tie it to something they know
- Jeremy Corbet: Resilience
- Keegan O’Shea: The best data insights are sentences
- Lori Silverman: not just decisions. Actions!
- Mary Casadei: not a fan of 25,000 slides
- Maura Church: life work harmony
- Megan Ganji: planning, mentors, reflection
- Mohammad Elteibi – Learn something
- Nate Watson: Math is the cultural equalizer
- Nic Ryan: never on Wednesday
- Peter Gebhardt: What’s the business problem?
- Sachin Kumar: Smart is the new sexy
- Shailendra Kumar: What’s the problem?
- Satya Upadhyaya: Marketing Technologist
- Sidney Minassian: Have the fight early
- Tony Savides: The magnificent So-What
- Vin Vashishta: interesting and useful
I have a book in development which summarises the key ideas the 31 Smart Data People expressed in the podcasts and asks how these ideas bear up under the forthcoming AI challenge. Watch this space! Here is the list from last to first by order of release.
- Dean Marchiori Going Full Circle.
- Megan Ganji: planning, mentors, reflection
- Lori Silverman: not just decisions. Actions!
- Chris Crook: Targeted curiosity
- Gabe Mach: Nothing you can’t fix with numbers
- Nate Watson: Math is the cultural equalizer
- Tony Savides: The magnificent So-What
- Satya Upadhyaya: Marketing Technologist
- Maura Church: life work harmony
- Vin Vashishta: interesting and useful
- Nic Ryan: never on Wednesday
- Jeremy Clopton: Tie it to something they know
- Mary Casadei: not a fan of 25,000 slides
- Peter Gebhardt: What’s the business problem?
- Ingo Bentrott: it’s not about the algorithm
- Jeremy Corbet: Resilience
- Amy Hodler: context and connections
- Chris Carr: Sticky Beak
- Glen Bell: be curious or miserable
- Sachin Kumar: Smart is the new sexy
- Mohammad Elteibi – Learn something
- Ben Morley-John: Brain food
- Cindy Tonkin and Helen Lawson Williams: Upside down
- David Scott: We’re the newcomers so we have to make the effort
- Christina Igasto: No failure only lessons
- Shailendra Kumar: What’s the problem?
- Sidney Minassian: Have the fight early
- Elizabeth Moore: Your analytics are only as good as the problem you’re trying to solve
- Aaron Artery: Values matter
- Keegan O’Shea: The best data insights are sentences
- Data science leaders: Smarter, faster and nicer