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The Databricks Diaries

Daniel Thornton

Have you ever wondered how top companies are harnessing the power of data to drive innovation and stay ahead of the competition? In this podcast, we’ll be speaking to some of the best industry minds and unlocking the secrets to leveraging data like never before. Ready for a data deep dive?

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65 episodes

  1. Why AI Isn't Delivering Value (Yet) | Kinnari Ladha, CDO at Travelodge 28:54
  2. The CIO's AI Dilemma: Are We Measuring the Wrong Things? 24:42
  3. Why AI POCs Fail: From Demos to Production | Chase E., Head of AI FDE, EMEA 57:45
  4. Powering AI: How National Grid Is Preparing for the Data Centre Boom 33:10
  5. Is AI Really Making Technical Skills Less Important? | Milo & Sham 1:04:04
  6. Why Most AI Projects Never Make It to Production? | Natalia Koupanou 48:50
  7. How AI Is Reshaping the Insurance Operating Model | Reno Daigle, CNA Hardy 23:41
  8. From Big Data to World Models - AI's Legal Frontier 41:59
  9. Creating Real AI Value: Governance, Costs and the Data Foundations That Matter 27:30
  10. Getting Real Value from AI in Insurance with Sam Worthington, CDO at Crux Underwriting 34:57
  11. Building at Unicorn Scale: Fresha CTO on Data, AI and Developer Velocity 35:53
  12. Stop Chasing AI Vanity Metrics. Start Chasing Value. 32:39
  13. From Social Science to Data Science: Navigating AI Leadership in the Real World — with Andreea Moldovan 39:45
  14. How Data Science Teams Should Prepare for AI-Driven Change 20:45
  15. A Data Leaders Journey - Kieran Poynton 43:32
  16. Data In The Boardroom with James Blagg 47:53
  17. AI Readiness in Practice with Claire Thompson, CDO at Quilter 33:43
  18. AI Readiness Ep 31: Gordon Logan on AI Transformation, From Proof of Concept to Royalties at Scale 25:33
  19. AI Readiness Ep 30: Building Ethical Data Foundations in Finance with Steve Green. 36:46
  20. From Neural Networks to the Boardroom - Leading AI in Large Organisations with Tom Heath 49:10
  21. Building the Foundations - Data, AI, and Business Value 41:45
  22. AI Readiness Ep 29: Mindset over Models - Driving Incremental Productivity with Generative AI 29:34
  23. Magnus Cormack - AI Adoption, Data Quality, and the Governance Problem Nobody's Talking About 36:04
  24. The ROI of Innovation: Building Lean AI Teams in Growing Businesses with Tim Park 58:15
  25. AI Readiness Ep 28: Turning AI Pilots into Growth - How Unilever Scales Predictive and Generative AI 27:07
  26. AI Readiness Ep 27: Nuno Faustino on Building for the Future - A Modular Approach to AI Readiness. 38:07
  27. AI Readiness Ep 26: From Silos to Strategy - A Roadmap for AI readiness in Financial Services 14:45
  28. The AI Readiness Journey: Lessons from 75 years of Brand Protection 39:53
  29. From Neuroscience to AI: The Evolution of Data Science with Dr Sami Alsindi 54:28
  30. AI Readiness Ep 25: Ali-Reza Moschtaghi on Data Architecture, Building Foundations for Real-World AI Impact 23:12
  31. From Academia to AI Leadership: Lessons in Building Lean Teams 51:47
  32. AI Readiness Ep 24: Rina Lakhman on AI Readiness, Governance and the Future of Digital in Higher Education 27:15
  33. AI Readiness Ep 23: Building AI on Trusted Data, Clear Governance, and Business Value at National Grid 26:20
  34. Kevin Cassar - AI Readiness: The 5 Pillars Every Organisation Needs 37:27
  35. AI Readiness Ep 22: The Future of AI in Retail with Antony Bradshaw of Domino's Pizza UK&I 23:59
  36. Leading from the front: Richard Shaw on How Databricks Thinks About AI Readiness 48:29
  37. Building the Future of Data Engineering: Denny Lee on AI, Community & Closing the Skills Gap 1:02:18
  38. AI Readiness Ep 21: Building Trust, Culture and Compliance in Investment Banking with Mukund Pandey 15:15
  39. AI Readiness Ep 20: Turning AI Hype into Measurable ROI – with Jan Beitner, Director of Data & AI at Inflexion 20:42
  40. AI Readiness Ep 19: How Regulated Industries Can Embrace AI Safely 32:02
  41. AI Readiness Ep 18: Crossing the AI Chasm with Jack Levy at Allvue 18:43
  42. Driving Data Transformation and AI Readiness at Leeds Building Society 51:44
  43. AI Readiness Ep 17: Trust, Transformation and Tangible Impact with Merve Alanyali 26:38
  44. AI Readiness Ep 16: Building AI fluency with McKinley Hayden 27:42
  45. AI Readiness Ep 15: Avoiding “Confidently Wrong” AI – Chris Bick’s Guide to Doing It Right 23:59
  46. AI Readiness Ep 14: It’s Not Just Prompt Engineering: The Real Work Behind AI Readiness 20:28
  47. AI Readiness Ep 13: Building AI Foundations at NEST: Culture First, Tech Second 15:42
  48. AI Readiness Ep 12: From Hype to Impact — Leading AI Change in Financial Services 22:46
  49. AI Readiness Ep 11: Getting AI Done. Engineering, Enablement, and the Execution Gap 29:58
  50. AI Readiness Ep 10: Beyond the Buzzwords – Getting Practical with AI & Data Culture 18:48