Data Chat

Eddie Short returns to Data Chat — a former Chief Data and Analytics Officer at BAT, Aon, and Telefónica O2, and builder of Capgemini's and KPMG's data practices — now embedded at Foster + Partners, taking the world-renowned architecture firm through a data and AI transformation. In this episode, Iain and Eddie cover: Why "context engineering" is replacing prompt engineering — an...

Iain is rejoined by Bill Schmarzo — “the Dean of Big Data,” author of The AI Human Edge — for a wide-ranging conversation on how data and AI can transform the construction and house-building industry. Bill makes the case that AI should elevate people, not replace them, and shares practical, field-tested ideas drawn from sports, healthcare and education that apply directly to construction teams. Ke...

The first Episode for 2026 of Data Chat - The Construction Data & Analytics Podcast - will be out at the end of this week. Our CEO Iain Curtis is joined on the show by 2 guests: ⁠James Garner⁠ and ⁠Yoshi Fabyan Soorna from Gleeds. ⁠⁠James is Head of Data & AI whilst Yoshi is an Associate Director for Data & AI.ck⁠ from Gleeds. This episode includes discussions on the following main sub...

In this episode of Data Chat we talk to James Florey - Data Architect at Kori Construction Ltd. James initially outlines is background before outlined the WHY, the HOW and the WHAT - as to Kori's decision to leverage their data and invest in developing a data platform. James outlines some of the key business drivers that infuenced the decision to employ him and to invest in the development of...

In the latest Episode of Data Chat, Iain Curtis talks with Eddie Short. Eddie is an executive level digital and AI transformation leader who excels at working across the organisation and connecting the dots to deliver deep, lasting, and meaningful change. With over 30 years' experience as a Global 1000 CIO/CDO and ‘Big4’ Consulting Partner, he helps clients to harness the power of people, AI, data...

The latest episode of Data Chat features Rosanne Werner - CEO of XcelerateIQ. Rosanne was the Digital and Data Strategy Transformation Lead at Coca Cola before setting up her own consultancy business (XcelerateIQ) to help other organisations to progress through their digital transformation journeys. Rosanne has seen first-hand the measurable impact of Data and AI fluency and culture on organisatio...

The latest episode features Matthew Ayres, Group MD of the Bennie Group. Matthew has taken Bennie Group on a digital transformation journey over the last 4 years and has a wealth of knowledge and experience that he shares will be of great value to any businesses who are thinking about, or have just started on, their digital transformation. Matthew sees technology and data as a fundamental part of...

In this episode of Data Chat, Our CEO Iain Curtis talks with Jordon Morrow - the "Godfather of Data Literacy!" Jordan created what is now known as data literecay back in 2016 and has since written 4 books (another one is on the way) about the subject, has been on a TEDx talk with nearly 200k views on You Tube, and has worked with some huge orgnisations (US Army, United Nations amongst others) to h...

This is a brief (10 minute) inteview with our CEO Iain Curtis where he provides an update on all things data and analytics in Construction and how SPS's analytics platform - InsightsControl - is developing...

The latest episode features our CEO, Iain Curtis, talking to Kyle Winterbottom the CEO and Founder of Orbition Group and also the well known host of the hugely successful podcast "Driven by Data". 🎙️Driven by Data has become an entity in it's own right and proudly boasts listening figures of over 160,000 people in over 60 different countries. Kyle provides a birds eye view of the dat...

In this episode we talk to Duane Wingell, Business Systems Manager at Dandara. Duane spent nearly 13 years at COINS, where his last role was as Head of the House Building Consulting function, so affectionately got the name "Mr COINS House Building"... what Duane didn't know about COINS House Building solutions wasn't worth knowing! In this episode Iain and Duane talk about the di...

In this episode Brent Dykes, the author of the best selling book "Effective Data Storytelling". Hopefully you will get an understanding as to what data storytelling is all about and how different tools can be used to help businesses identify key actionable insights from their data.

In the latest episode of Data Chat I am joined from across the pond by CEO of Proof Analytics - Mark Stouse. Mark has over 26 years of experience in marketing, communications, customer success, and commercial strategy, I help transform business performance with data-driven insights and agile decision making. During the epidsode we dive into the world of AI, and in particular Causality AI.

In the latest Episode of Data Chat our CEO Iain Curtis is joined by one of the World's leading experts in all things Data and AI. Bill has written 6 books and is currently an Adjunct Professor at Menlo College, an Honorary Professor at the University of Ireland – Galway, and an Executive Fellow at the University of San Francisco, School of Management, and has conducted lectures for universitie...

In Episode 2, Samir Sharma from Datazuum, provides insights into the world of Data Strategy. He disucsses with Iain the WHY's the WHATS's and the HOW's of all things data stategy and bring some real world examples of how businesses have gained real business benefits from developing and implementing data strategies.

In this first episode of Data Chat, The Construction Data & Analytics Podcast, Iain Curtis CEO of Single Point Solutions is interviewed by Mark Neville. Iain provides some background on his and Single Point Solutions' journey to date and introduces their new Construction Analytics solution - InsightsControl. The chat also delves into looking at some of the key challenges currently facing the C...