Enterprise Wide Search

In this episode, Ole Olesen-Bagneux sits down with Lulit Tesfaye, Joseph Hilger, and Zach Wahl from Enterprise Knowledge to explore why the future of enterprise AI depends on connecting knowledge, data, and semantics. Drawing from their new book, Bridging Knowledge, Data, and AI, they explain why organizations can no longer treat structured data, unstructured content, taxonomies, ontologies, gloss...

In this episode, co-hosts Emma McGrattan and Ole Olesen-Bagneux sit down with Xavier Gumara Rigol, author of Data as a Product Driver and Head of Data at Manychat, to explore what happens when data moves beyond reporting and becomes part of how product teams make decisions. Drawing on more than 15 years in data, engineering, and platform leadership, Xavier explains why treating data as a product i...

In this episode, co-hosts Emma McGrattan and Ole Olesen-Bagneux sit down with Samuel Bitrus, Data Quality and Governance Manager at Lufthansa Group, to explore the evolving role of data catalogs in large, complex enterprises. Drawing from his work across governance, metadata, and trust, Samuel explains why data catalogs are no longer just inventories of data assets. They are becoming critical cont...

In this episode, Ole Olesen-Bagneux sits down with Sune Selsbæk-Reitz, Data & AI Strategist at Demant and author of Promptism , for a conversation on how generative AI is reshaping the way humans interact with knowledge, meaning, and decision-making. Drawing from his background in data strategy, philosophy, history, and writing, Sune explores why the real challenge of AI may not be hallucinati...

In this episode, co-hosts Emma McGrattan and Ole Olesen-Bagneux sit down with Carsten Bange, founder and CEO of BARC, one of Europe’s leading analyst firms focused on data, analytics, and AI. With more than 25 years advising enterprises on data strategy, analytics platforms, and organizational transformation, Carsten shares an independent analyst perspective on why so many data and AI initiatives...

In this episode, co-hosts Emma McGrattan and Ole Olesen-Bagneux sit down with Kierra Dotson, Associate Director of Data Science & AI Strategy at Further, keynote speaker, and thought leader known for helping enterprise leaders build AI strategies that actually deliver value. Working at the intersection of data, AI, and operations, Kierra advises Fortune 500 executives on how to move beyond exp...

In this episode, co-hosts Emma McGrattan and Ole Olesen-Bagneux sit down with Ashleigh Faith, Director of AI and Semantic Innovation at EBSCO and creator of the IsA DataThing YouTube channel, to explore why knowledge graphs and ontologies are becoming essential in the age of AI. From her early days as a taxonomist to her role as a leading voice in semantic technologies, Ashleigh explains why struc...

In this episode, co-hosts Emma McGrattan and Ole Olesen-Bagneux sit down with Juha Korpela, independent consultant and co-founder of Helsinki Data Week, to explore why semantics is rapidly becoming a core pillar of modern data work. Drawing on his experience in data modeling, metadata management, and enterprise architecture, Juha shares how topics once considered “soft”—like meaning, context, and...

In this episode, co-hosts Emma McGrattan and Ole Olesen-Bagneux sit down with Bjørn Broum, Director of Business Development for Technology, Architecture, and Data at the Norwegian Public Roads Administration (NPRA), to explore how data strategy works inside one of Norway’s largest public infrastructure organizations. With more than 30 years of experience in the data space—and after helping launch...

In this episode, co-hosts Emma McGrattan and Ole Olesen-Bagneux sit down with Amra Dorjbayar, former co-founder and CEO of Wobby (recently acquired by Actian), to unpack what Agentic BI really means and why the next wave of analytics won’t look like dashboards, reports, or even chatbots. Amra shares the moment in late 2022 when he realized LLMs could change how people work with data, why he left d...

In this episode, co-hosts Emma McGrattan and Ole Olesen-Bagneux sit down with Malcolm Hawker, Chief Data Officer at Profisee and author of The Data Hero Playbook , for a conversation about why so many data programs stall, even when teams follow the “right” playbook. Drawing on years of conversations with data leaders (including his time as an industry analyst), Malcolm argues that what sets succes...

In this episode, co-hosts Emma McGrattan and Ole Olesen-Bagneux sit down with Ruud Kuil, longtime data quality expert and now co-founder of MAD-Quality, to discuss what really breaks in organizations when data is wrong and why fixing it requires rethinking both tooling and incentives. After 15+ years advising enterprises on data quality, Ruud took the plunge into startup life to build a platform t...

In this episode, co-hosts Emma McGrattan and Ole Olesen-Bagneux sit down with Frédéric Verhelst — a leading voice in semantic technologies and agentic AI, and longtime semantic web advocate — for a practical dive into ontologies, knowledge graphs, and why they matter more than ever in an AI-first world. From his early work with TotalEnergies to today’s experiments in integrating AI into digital se...

In this episode, co-hosts Emma McGrattan and Ole Olesen-Bagneux sit down with Mario Meir-Huber — author of Designing Data Products and longtime data leader — to talk about what happens when you stop treating data like a one-time project and start managing it as a product that evolves. Mario shares the (literal) honeymoon moment that sparked the book, and explains why great data products require mo...

In this episode, co-hosts Emma McGrattan and Ole Olesen-Bagneux sit down with Jovita Tam, a business-focused data and AI advisor and attorney, about the hard truths of AI, governance, and organizational change. Known for connecting legal, technical, and cultural perspectives, Jovita shares what it really takes to align strategy with execution — and why AI success has more to do with mindset than w...

In this episode, Ole Olesen-Bagneux is joined by Gaëlle Seret, product leader, writer, and enabler of data transformations at scale. Known for her clear-eyed writing on Substack, Gaëlle brings a mix of operational pragmatism and strategic depth to the question of what it really takes to build data-driven organizations. Drawing from hands-on experience across finance, energy, and retail, Gaëlle ref...

In this episode, co-hosts Emma McGrattan and Ole Olesen-Bagneux sit down with Frédéric Robert, Innovation and Data Advisory Director at Apgar, to unpack one of the most intriguing questions circulating in the data community: what happens to the data marketplace now that MCP (Model Context Protocol) is here? Drawing on nearly two decades across master data, governance, and AI programs, Frédéric sha...

In this episode, co-hosts Emma McGrattan and Ole Olesen-Bagneux sit down with Julia Diez, Localization Software Engineer at McAfee and the author behind one of the most quietly brilliant Substacks in tech today. Trained as a linguist and now working at the intersection of metadata, multilingual ontologies, and LLMs, Julia brings a rare perspective to the world of data and AI—one shaped by bookstor...

In this episode, co-hosts Emma McGrattan and Ole Olesen-Bagneux sit down with Lukas Plaehn, Head of Data Office at Bank of Valletta, to explore what makes data so hard to manage in financial institutions—and why that challenge goes deeper than technology. From Malta’s sun-soaked shores to the global stage of regulatory compliance, Lukas brings a thoughtful voice to some of the industry's most comp...

In this episode, co-hosts Emma McGrattan and Ole Olesen-Bagneux sit down with Jean-Georges Perrin—better known as JGP—to discuss the future of data products, the limitations of BI, and the importance of federated thinking in an era of real-time everything. From his early days self-publishing a 300-page C++ guide with a classmate (armed with nothing but Word and a photocopier) to writing Implementi...

In this episode, co-hosts Emma McGrattan and Ole Olesen-Bagneux sit down with Rachael Greaves, CEO of Castlepoint Systems and pioneer of regulation-as-code AI, to unpack why records and information management are more relevant—and more technical—than ever. Together, they explore: The sometimes overlooked discipline of records management and why it matters in the age of AI. Why data lifecycle decis...

In this episode, co-hosts Emma McGrattan and Ole Olesen-Bagneux sit down with Thais Cooke, Senior Healthcare Data Analyst and LinkedIn Learning instructor, to discuss what happens when curiosity meets chaos—and how a career shift from frontline healthcare to data analytics has unlocked new ways of thinking about impact, problem-solving, and AI. Together, they explore: Thais’ transition from burned...

In this episode, co-hosts Emma McGrattan and Ole Olesen-Bagneux sit down with Jérémy Ravenel, researcher, advisor, and founder of the open-source NaasAI platform. Known for bridging the gap between theory and execution, Jérémy shares his journey from Excel-heavy finance roles to leading cutting-edge research in AI interoperability and enterprise knowledge graphs. Together, they explore: Why so man...

In this episode, co-hosts Emma McGrattan and Ole Olesen-Bagneux sit down with Dr. Shweta Shah, a seasoned data and AI architect with a fresh perspective on how we think about quality in the age of unstructured data and GenAI. Shweta introduces “Content Quality Management” (CQM), a new framework designed to help organizations prepare unstructured content for trustworthy, auditable, AI-powered outco...

In this episode, co-hosts Emma McGrattan and Ole Olesen-Bagneux sit down with Dylan Anderson , Head of Data Strategy at Profusion and author of The Data Ecosystem newsletter. Dylan brings a pragmatic, field-tested perspective on how to bridge the gap between strategy and implementation—and why many organizations still struggle to align data with business value. Together, they explore: Dylan’s work...