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Ep 59: New Zealand's Crown Research Institute CDAO, Jan Sheppard on Treating Data as a Treasure

Treating data as a treasure is a foundational principle for Jan Sheppard, the Chief Data and Analytics officer at New Zealand’s Crown Research Institute of Environmental Science and Research (ESR.) This agency leads ongoing research in public health, environmental health, and forensics for the country of New Zealand. Like many other CDAOs, her role is relatively new. But the unique values she applies to data can be traced back many hundreds of years to the indigenous Maori people of her country. Through her work, Jan recognizes the profound impact data can have on people and their environments for generations to come.

What's new in ThoughtSpot Analytics Cloud 8.7.0

Want to bring the data-driven insights created in ThoughtSpot to the apps your teams use most? With this month's release of ThoughtSpot Analytics Cloud 8.7.0.cl, we're launching ThoughtSpot Sync that lets you operationalize your insights by sending data directly to tools like Slack, Microsoft Teams, and Google Sheets. Watch this video to learn more about ThoughtSpot Sync, along with other new features like Liveboard tabs and threshold-based alerts in SpotIQ Monitor.

Three Must-Read Data and Analytics Books with Tim Harford, Zhamak Dehghani, and Brent Dykes

It is once again that time of year when our host, Cindi Howson shares her favorite data and analytics book recommendations. In this special annual episode, we feature three of the industry’s top data writers, thinkers, and fellow podcasters. Tim Harford comes to the conversation with his new book, The Data Detective, and big-picture ideas about how traits like curiosity serve data scientists so well. Zhamak Dehghani shares her concept of The Data Mesh, especially as it relates to sharing data across business verticals. Finally, in his book, Effective Data Storytelling,

How the modern data stack helps analysts avoid dashboard hell

The modern data stack promises greater agility for data teams, best of breed capabilities, and gaster time to market. But does it elevate the analyst's & analytics engineer career and bring joy back to their daily job? Dead end dashboards on a modern cloud data platform pigeon-holes analysts into repetitive, low-value work. Join ThoughtSpot co-founder and CTO Amit Prakash and Chief Data Strategy Officer, Cindi Howson for a real-time deep dive on how the modern data stack is elevating the analyst and empowering business leaders.