Podcast Your Data

It's officially conference season! Following up our TC2018 Europe previews, we're wrapping up Alteryx Inspire 2018 with InterWorks' Alteryx Practice Lead & Alteryx Ace Michael Treadwell and analytics consultants Chris Sanders and Russ Lyman. The team came back with some great highlights and interesting takeaways into the future of, not only Alteryx, but data visualization tools altogether. Check o...

Tableau Conference Europe 2018 is next week! Besides making last minute preparations, David Pires finishes up talking to some fantastic people in the data community that you can meet at TC18Europe – Simon Beaumont, Rebecca Roland, Tristan Guillevin, and Tableau's Sara Fernandes. We hope to see you in London; stop by our booth and say "hello" to David and the rest of the InterWorks team. We love ma...

Tableau Conference Europe is right around the corner! To prep, David Pires talks to some of his favorite (or "favourite") people in the Tableau Community to see what and who they are excited about seeing in London. Today, we have Zen Master Neil Richards, Pablo Gomez, Annabelle Rincon, and Tableau's own Kent Marten. This is part one of a special two-part series, which will conclude next week – jus...

If it takes a village, our village is lucky enough to have current and former Ambassadors and Zen Masters. Which is fortunate, because, in this episode, they dive into all the ways you can and why you should get involved in the Tableau community. You know, if you're into Tableau. And if you're listening here, you've at least heard of Tableau. From forums to blogs to social media, our panel is Soci...

Story time with Lego! Today's episode delves into the problem with averages and how one can gain interesting insight by deconstructing the outer layers – something that kids are notoriously good at by asking the 5 Why's (though we're pretty sure they don't mean it in the same way). We also jump into several books and have our first book review. Algorithms to Live By by Brian Christian & Tom Griffi...

Tableau Prep (formerly known as Maestro) came out with the Tableau 2018.1 release and we got to talk to a couple of the men who helped shape it! Analytics Consultant Mat Hughes sat down with Isaac Kunen and Arther Gyldenege about their journey in creating Tableau Prep, the importance of listening to users' feedback and the future of Tableau.

Kat Nagar, Director of Compensation and Talent Analytics, and Karl Riddett, Director of Data Analytics, from Inspire Brands share their experiences with Dan Murray about integrating tech into processes as well as collaborating across departments and disciplines to create a data-driven environment. Be on the lookout for Inspire's session at TC18!

Magic is what happens when our panel gets together. Magic and gold. This week's show is a lot of both as Brad, Ben, Kate and Mat talk about Gartner's Magic Quadrant for Business Intelligence Tools, self-service analytics as a concept and the different infrastructure options your organization can choose from to meet their needs. Subscribe to Podcast Your Data through iTunes, Stitcher, Pocket Casts...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO US! We're officially two years old. Thank you for being a part of our community for the past two years. We have some exciting updates to the show that we'll implement in upcoming episodes, the first being our new panel format. Brad Fair and Mat Hughes join host Robert Rouse to talk about Tableau performance, what it means to be "fast," the different ways to measure performance an...

As we wrap up a full two years of Podcast Your Data!, Analytics Consultant Justus Niemzok of InterWorks Europe sits down with Jim de Clercq, the Analytics Product Lead and data champion at Logitech. Jim is helping to drive the data revolution inside his network and gives us insight into how he's doing it. Subscribe to Podcast Your Data through iTunes, Stitcher, Pocket Casts or your favorite podcas...

The keys to any good community are the connecting points, which is even more true for the data community (see what we did there?). This week, Dan Murray talks with Tableau User Group (TUG) leaders from around the world to find out what it's like being a part, organizing and benefiting from such a community. Kent Sloan from Oklahoma City, Andy Piper from Atlanta and Eugenia Kis from the Netherlands...

PYD has reached its fiftieth episode! To celebrate, we're talking with Senior Product Manager at Tableau Server Irwin Dolobowsky to discover how he and his team brought Tableau Server to the Linux platform. InterWorks Solutions Architect Tony Kau asks the tough (and some not-so-tough) questions about Tableau Server on Linux, but Irwin is definitely the guy for the job. Subscribe to Podcast Your Da...

It's the first Podcast Your Data! episode of the new year, and there is already plenty to discuss. We have a full cast of characters as Robert Rouse, Tony Kau and Brad Fair team up for a roundtable discussion on everything you need to know about Tableau 10.5. They explain all the changes and new features in this release, plus they include some tips and tricks on how to upgrade from 10.4 and 10.5....

It's the final Podcast Your Data! episode of the year, and we're looking back at an exciting 2017! Robert Rouse and David Pires talk about TC17, new technologies and the year's best data books. Plus, they give us the rundown on what exciting new tools and organizations we can expect to hear more about in 2018. Finally, David and Robert share the "juicy details" on what they'll be doing for the hol...

On this week's podcast episode, host Robert Rouse discusses the AWS re:Invent conference with panelists Brian Bickell and Derek Hecksher. The Las Vegas, Nevada, conference was massive with over 40,000 people in attendance. It was a builders-focused event, centered around new and updated offerings. Amazon also displayed their cloud offerings, which are making waves in machine learning and deep lear...

This week, we have a special episode of Podcast Your Data! from across the pond! InterWorks U.K.'s Sian Davies hosts Tech Talent Charter CEO Debbie Forster. As a Member of the British Empire and one of the "20 Most Influential Women in U.K. IT" since 2014, Debbie is a leading figure in the U.K.'s tech industry. She is a champion for flexibility in the modern workplace by promoting more career oppo...

Today, we've got a special political edition of Podcast Your Data! InterWorks' Michael Treadwell discusses data analytics in local government with Oliver Wise. As the Director of Performance and Accountability in New Orleans, Oliver is all about using data in a positive way to impact cities. In fact, he launched the very first performance management and data analytics practice in New Orleans, Loui...

Returning to Podcast Your Data! this week is Alberto Cairo! You may remember him from one of our very first podcasts over a year ago. As the Knight Chair of Visual Journalism at the University of Miami, he has in-depth experience with the state of data journalism today. He discusses his lecture tour "Visual Trumpery," fake data and more with Dan Murray on this week's podcast. Subscribe to Podcast...

With the 2017 Tableau Conference next week, we decided to post a special bonus episode for everyone! On this week's "Podcast Your Data!," David Pires from InterWorks EU hosts a roundtable discussion on BI trends in large organizations. Panelists include Paul Banoub from London, Paul Chapman also from London and Fi Gordon from Sydney. They are all fully distinguished in their respective fields and...

This week's PYD! is extra special as we have not one, but two Zen Masters! Okay, one current and one former, but still! InterWorks' Dan Murray chats with Piedmont Healthcare's Director of Business Intelligence, Mark Jackson. They're long-time acquaintances and jump right into the data talk! With Mark's extensive experience working with EXASOL and Tableau, he understands better than anyone how life...

Tableau ambassador and InterWorks EU consultant David Pires talks with Peter Gilks on this week's episode of Podcast Your Data! Peter is a statistics veteran after working at Slalom and now Spotify as the Director of Product Insights. He'll also be attending and speaking at the upcoming 2017 Tableau Conference about using Tableau for visual analysis at Spotify. Hit play and get an inside look into...

On this week's episode, InterWorks Analytics Consultant and Alteryx Ace, Michael Treadwell sits down with Hadley Wickham. As an author, contributor and Chief Scientist at R Studio, Hadley is on the forefront of building better tools for data science. Even if you don't have a background in coding, he's all about getting people up to speed quickly and efficiently. An interest in data is not necessar...

Today's episode reaches across the pond as David Pires from our EU team sits down with EXASOL's Head of BI and Tableau Evangelist, Eva Murray. Four years ago, while working for one of the largest banks in Australia, she became introduced to Tableau. Fast forward to today, she's living in Germany and working for one of InterWorks' partners, EXASOL. She also gives a recap of her recent Monday Makeov...

We have a very special show this week: listen in as Sian Davies from InterWorks Europe discusses our Tableau training services with Carly Capitula, IW Head of Training and Enablement Practice, James Austin, IW EU Consultant, and Sarah Nell, Tableau's Product Manager of E-learning and Certification at Tableau. Find out what it takes to develop a dynamic curriculum that evolves as Tableau does. Plus...

This week's Podcast Your Data! is all about Alteryx! Take a listen as Michael Treadwell, InterWorks' own Alteryx Ace, speaks with fellow Aces Ken Black and Cathy Bridges. Hear their thoughts on this year's Alteryx Inspire Conference as well as tips on how you can get the very most out of an Alteryx conference or any tech conference you attend. They also discuss how data game-changers like Alteryx...