The Analytics Power Hour

The Analytics Power Hour


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(Bonus) Marketing Analytics Summit Is Nigh!
March 26, 2024

Long-time listeners to this show know that its origin and inspiration was the lobby bar of analytics conferencesthe place where analysts casually gather to unwind after a day of slides interspersed w

#241: The Analyst's Underutilized Tool: the Sketchbook with Dan White
March 19, 2024

As a general rule, analysts are drawn to precision: let's understand the business problem and then go figure out how the data can be acquired and crunched to provide something specific and useful. Fai

#240: Asking Better Questions with Taylor Buonocore Guthrie
March 05, 2024

They say an analysis is only as good as the question that was asked, so for our 2024 International Women's Day Episode, Julie, Moe, and Val were joined by to discuss how to ask better questions. Ever

#239: Non-Technical Backgrounds in the Modern Analytical World with Kirsten Lum
February 20, 2024

Is it just us, or does it seem like we're going to need to start plotting the pace of change in the world of analytics on a logarithmic scale? The evolution of the space is exciting, but it can also b

#238: The Many Problems in Dealing with Data Problems
February 06, 2024

The data has problems. It ALWAYS has problems. Sometimes they're longstanding and well-documented issues that the analyst deeply understands but that regularly trip up business partners. Sometimes the

#237: Crossing the Chasm from the Data to Meaningful Outcomes with Kathleen Maley
January 23, 2024

The backlog of data requests keeps growing. The dashboards are looking like they might collapse under their own weight as they keep getting loaded with more and more data requested by the business. Yo

#236: The AI Ecosystem with Matthew Lynley
January 09, 2024

Aptiv, Baidu, Cerebras, Dataiku we could keep going and going and going. If you know what this list is composed of (nerd), then you probably have some appreciation for how complex and fast moving t

#235: 2023 Year in Review with Josh Crowhurst
December 26, 2023

For those who celebrate or acknowledge it, Christmas is now in the rearview mirror. Father Time has a beard that reaches down to his toes, and hes ready to hand over the clock to an absolutely adorab

#234: Establishing Expectations for Analysts
December 12, 2023

It would be a fool's errand to try to list out every expectation for an analyst's role, but where should you draw the line? How specific do you need to be? And how can you document the unspoken expect

#233: Analytics Mentors (Having One, Being One)
November 28, 2023

To mentor, or not to mentor, that is the question: whether 'tis more productive to hole up in a cubicle and toil away without counsel, or to hold close one's experience to the benefit of no one else.