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Bringing the Human to Data (REPLAY) (Guest: Christian Madsbjerg) Feb 18, 2019

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We thought we would replay one of the most important episodes of last year - the episode with Christian Madsbjerg, the author of “Sensemaking”. Christian’s point of view has become the basis of so much of what we do on this podcast.

We don’t often read books that change how we think about the world. Our guest on this episode, Christian Madsbjerg, wrote a book “Sensemaking” that did just that. Christian’s consulting firm ReD Associates has, in their own words, led a quiet revolution in business thinking. This book is a treatise on Christian’s underlying philosophical framework for ReD’s goal to bring the humanities and social sciences into today’s businesses dominated by technology, data, and analytics. We hope that you will find that Christian’s perspective will make your rethink your assumptions about the critical importance of the humanities in today’s fast paced world.

The Big Security Topics of 2019 (Security Experts Panel: George Gerchow, Davi Ottenheimer, Tricia Howard) Feb 11, 2019

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Government Shutdowns, Bug Bountires, and Ethics - what do these have in common? Our first live panel of security experts in 2019. We recorded this live in January 2019 and are now providing the audio for your listening pleasure on the Masters of Data Podcast.

Reinventing Capitalism in the Age of Big Data (Guest: Viktor Mayer-Schoenberger) Feb 04, 2019

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How does capitalism change in the age of big data and the data superstars like Amazon? To answer that we have a guest that is the author of a book called “Big Data” and who just recently published a book called “Reinventing Capitalism in the Age of Big Data”. Viktor Mayer-Schönberger is the Professor of Internet Governance and Regulation at Oxford. His research focuses on the role of information in a networked economy. Earlier he spent ten years on the faculty of Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government. We talked about his new book and the concept of data-rich markets.

The New Paradigm of Work (Guest: Robert Christiansen) Jan 28, 2019

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We discuss a tectonic shift going on in the technology industry and how leaders will be successful in this new world. Robert Christiansen is a VP and Cloud Strategist at Cloud Technology Partners, which is part of HPE - Hewlett Packard Enterprise. Robert has had a long and interesting career starting his own companies and building world-class organizations. Robert is passionate about people and helping them succeed, and it comes through.

Data Ethics is the new Data Privacy (Guest: Bill Mew) Jan 21, 2019

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Some clear themes have arisen on the podcast so far - trust, privacy, ethics around data. We have talked to authors, company leaders, big thinkers, influencers. Bill Mew, was a guest in June of 2018 talking to us about data privacy and the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). We have brought him back on to talk about his current focus - Data Ethics. With his long experience, Bill has crafted a very solid message around what companies have to do to avoid some of the recent privacy and ethical disasters that lead to huge problems for the brand and loss of their customers’ trust.

Mastering Data for Colorado (Guest: Suma Nallapati) Jan 14, 2019

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Suma Nallapati was appointed Secretary for Technology and Chief Information Officer for Colorado, a state cabinet-level position, by Governor Hickenlooper in 2014. Under her leadership, her team has won both statewide and national awards, while also revolutionizing digital services for the state of Colorado.
We caught Suma in her last week as State CIO before she transitions her responsibilities to the new administration and takes a new leadership position at DISH.

Education and Social Networks (Guest: Alan J. Daly) Jan 07, 2019

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Alan J. Daly is Professor and Chair of Education Studies at the University of California - San Diego. He is also the author of new book - “Social Network Theory and Educational Change”. Dr. Daly has been researching and writing about how social networks - relationships between people - affects how successful educational reforms are. Educators and administrators are often unaware of how important their own social networks are to whether crucial reforms succeed or languish. Just like in so many other interviews we have done, we come back to that important lesson - you can’t be successful with data alone. You need to understand how data and humans intersect

BONUS: 2018 Retrospective with Ben Newton Jan 02, 2019

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Haven't listened to all of the MoD interviews? Or just forgot? That's ok. Ben Newton walks throughs the year's interviews to give you a bird's eye view. Check out last year's themes: Bringing the human to the technology. The rise of the polymath, Data Bias, Data Trust, Data Privacy, Making Decisions with Data, You can measure anything, Artificial Intelligence to Artificial Wisdom, The Data-Fueled Economy

Protecting Data at Pokemon (Guest: John Visneski) Dec 17, 2018

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Ever heard of Pokemon? Of Pikachu? If you not you, you can guarantee your kids have. That is the challenge for John Visenski, Director of Information Security & Data Protection Officer at Pokemon. He not only has to protect the brand of Pokemon, many of his customers, indirectly or directly, are children. That carries an extra burden and responsibility that John doesn’t take lightly.

Innovation at the Intersection (Guest: Linda Holliday Dec 10, 2018

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Our guest today is a perfect example of the kind of combination of humanities and science in a single person. Linda Holliday is the founder and CEO of Citia. Linda grew up in a family of engineers but decided to go her own way and pursue design in college. She was able to use her home-brewed love of engineering and math together with her sense of design to start two companies, build a very unique understanding of the intersection of data, engineering, and the human.

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