Analytics on Fire

89: How to become a Rockstar Data Evangelist w/ Santosh Kanthety

Data plays a vital role in helping companies develop a competitive advantage, but it's the data evangelist who gathers and leverages those insights to help organizations

88: How to Tell your Unique Story w/ Lynn Smith

Not only will telling your unique story increase your confidence, grow your credibility, and establish you as a thought-leader in your space, it will ultimately allow you

87: Data Storytelling for Data Management w/ Scott Taylor

As many of you already know, data storytelling is one of the hottest non-technical trends in the tech-related space today. Today's guest, Scott Taylor, 'The Data Whispere

86: Be Data Literate: The Skills Everyone Needs w/ Jordan Morrow

We have all seen massive shifts in the world of data literacy in the last few years, with the pandemic having undeniable and sometimes surprising effects on the professio

85: Will BI Notebooks replace Power BI Tableau? w/ Hjalmar Gislason

Hjalmar Gislason is the Founder and CEO of GRID.is, a BI notebook company that has been making big waves in the field in the last few years. He tells us all about GRID.is

84: How to Transform your Analytics Dept into a Profit Center w/ Derrick Louis

Data is a company's most important asset, so why aren't more companies turning their analytics departments into profit centers? In today's episode, my guest took this con

83: Data Lake or Data Fake? w/ David Dadoun

This week we are joined by AoF alumni, David Dadoun to talk about data lakes, data oceans, data puddles, and data platforms, and why so many are confused about the topic.

82: How to Get Started with Advanced Analytics w/ Ryan Wade

Ryan Wade joins us on AOF today to talk about how to use advanced analytics in your organization! Ryan has been in the analytics game for the last 20 years and is now a S

81: How to think like a CIO using ITIL w/ Mark Bradley

Today's guest is another day one as he's been in my community for over a decade and attended my very first Xcelsius training class! Mark Bradley has been in IT for around

80: The Human Element of Digital Transformation w/ Rick Montgomery

Hey AOF! Today I am joined by one of my first mentors in the BI industry, Rick Montgomery, to unpack why and how you can add the human element to digital transformation. 

79: Behind the Scenes – Creating two Epic Dataviz Templates w/ Raquel Seville and Anna Ria

Welcome to another exciting masterclass! Today I'm taking you behind the scenes of how two women leaders on our BI Brainz team, created not one, but two of our most downl

78: Mindset of a Rockstar Data Analyst w/ Trevor Tapscott

Our focus for this inspiring episode of AOF is mindset, especially if you want to be a standout data analyst! I have brought one of my first ever followers and day ones!

77: How to become a BI Data Journalist w/ Kimberly Herrington

Finding your dream job in the world of data and analytics might not be as hard you think! Our guest today, Kimberly Herrington stands as a testament to this idea and she

76: Data Storytelling from a Data Scientist's POV w/ Kam Lee

Stakeholders often miss key insights that can be provided by data to drive action forward, due to the way the data is presented and communicated to them. My guest today b

75: How to Think like a Product Leader w/ Kevin Greene

Here on the AOF podcast, I have often spoken about the issue of user adoption and the slow progress we have all been experiencing for a long time. Our guest today has so

74: Creating a Data Literacy Program Using ISL (Information as a Language) w/ Valerie Logan

Today we have a real data masterclass in store for you! I am joined by the wonderful and inspiring Valerie Logan from The Data Lodge, and we talk about the unique way she

73: What to Expect in 2021 w/ Mico Yuk

Welcome back AOF! I'm so glad to be back after taking some time off over the holidays and having an amazing social media detox! I'm excited to kick-off Season 6. Today'

72: BIDS Accelerator Lessons Learned: What you Draw

Excited to share the last and final part of my three-episode series on BI data storytelling accelerator lessons learned. We'll be digging into the last but most exciting

71: BIDS Accelerator Lessons Learned: What you Write

Tune in as I recap lessons learned from our latest accelerator class. This part two in the series of three podcasts, which deep dives into our BI data storytelling framew

70: BIDS Accelerator Lessons Learned: What you Say

Welcome to the first part of a three-part podcast, with each episode touching on the part of our data storytelling framework. You'll find a deep dive into each part of th