Catalog & Cocktails: The Honest, No-BS Data Podcast

Enterprises are looking to ML/AI innovations in data management to accelerate their data strategies and achieve critical business goals. But how much of what we hear about ML/AI is real, and how much is hype? In this episode, Tim and Juan will explore how automation makes data catalogs more powerful and challenge some conventional thinking.

The power of the crowd is everywhere these days: we crowdsource products, commercials, and (putting possibly misplaced trust in our fellow humans) the next big snack food flavor. In this episode, Tim and Juan talk about how to apply the best parts of crowdsourcing to enterprise data management. This inclusive approach empowers everyone to participate in data documentation and analysis and continuously improve your company’s knowledge base. We promise. You can also join us live in the virtual studio every Wednesday for advance access to the next episode. Then, enjoy an open Q&A with our hosts, guests, and other attendees to share your own perspective, learn from your peers, and talk shop with other data professionals. See you there! https://data.world/resources/webinars/catalog-and-cocktails

Experts Dean Allemang, Fabien Gandon, and James Handler discuss the past, present, and future of the semantic web. They debate its potential as a universal medium for data exchange. Topics include linked data, knowledge graphs, and enterprise metadata management.

Juan and Tim take on all the challenges of data quality in the enterprise. Commiserate with real life horror stories and learn solutions and best practices as we dive deep on a fundamental aspect of data management. You can also join us live in the virtual studio every Wednesday for advance access to the next episode. Then, enjoy an open Q&A with our hosts, guests, and other attendees to share your own perspective, learn from your peers, and talk shop with other data professionals. See you there!

What comes first: the data warehouse or the data catalog? It’s a vexing chicken and egg question that data teams must answer. Do you build a data lake/warehouse first and then catalog the data, or should you catalog your data before kicking off your warehouse initiative? Join Juan and Tim as they discuss why and how you can and should do both at the same time. This week's special guest: Jon Loyens, data.world's CPO, co-founder, and co-creator of this podcast's theme song. This 30-minute episode will cover: The pros and cons of which project to tackle first How to get it right by applying agile methodologies Live Q&A and chat Sign up to watch as next week's episode is recorded live, then join in an exclusive live Q&A with our hosts!

Who’s on your data team? In Episode 4, we talked about data producers and data consumers. In this episode, we’ll explore how these various personas interact and why we believe a data product manager should sit right smack in the middle. Join Juan, Tim, and Claire Cahill (Director of Product, Data) from The Zebra, for an engaging discussion on this emerging data discipline. This 30-minute episode will also feature: Characteristics of a data product manager What you need to know about knowledge science Sign up to watch as next week's episode is recorded live, then join in an exclusive live Q&A with our hosts!

We cover a lot of ground in Catalog & Cocktails: from data catalogs to data governance, personas, lineage, policy, knowledge graphs, and more. That’s because data management is a broad discipline with so many people, tools, and methodologies. Sorting it all out is tough, and many companies are inclined to ”boil the ocean.” In this episode, Tim and Juan look at how agile data governance provides a roadmap for your successful data journey... without boiling the ocean.

60% of organizations will use data catalogs by 2023. This prediction by IDC suggests a large number of companies are still using manual and complex processes to make sense of data. This includes standing up multiple data lakes, disparate database technologies, and a rash of BI tools. The struggle is real. So is the benefit of an enterprise data catalog. Join Juan, Tim, and Stewart Coerver, director of sales engineering at data.world, to talk about how to untangle the data mess in your organization. Don’t get caught between an IT agenda (cost optimization, governance, status quo approaches, etc.) and business users trying to deliver meaningful and timely insights.

The coronavirus pandemic is also a case study in public data. Everywhere we look we find statistics: number of coronavirus cases, unemployment levels, economic predictions, etc. But this unprecedented access to data also leaves us with lots of questions: Can we trust the data? Is there unintentional bias in the data and analytical algorithms? What role does data governance play? In episode 9, Tim, Juan, and Anoop Lalla, former VP Enterprise Data and Analytics at Workday, chat about data governance and how organizations can deliver meaningful and accurate analysis today and in a post-pandemic future.

Successful enterprises understand the importance of data-informed decisions. But what role does data play in government affairs? In episode 8, Juan and Tim are joined by Corinna Turbes from the Data Coalition to explore the processes, challenges, and outcomes of data policy. Together, we’ll look at how data impacts legislative actions (and vice versa) and how these policies affect businesses and individual citizens.