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, Brent Dykes compels readers to think carefully about the way they craft the message or narrative around the data they’re interpreting.

Key Moments:

00:00 Episode Start

02:11 Intro to Tim Harford and “The Data Detective”

15:14 Guard against using data as a control mechanism

19:57 How does curiosity create a healthier relationship with data?

32:31 Intro to Zhamak Dehghani and “Data Mesh”

36:39 Blending centralized and decentralized schools of thought

53:28 How do you begin your data mesh transformation?
1:02:17 Intro to Brent Dykes and Effective Data Storytelling
1:11:13 Why do data scientists need to be better communicators?
1:15:14 The Venn diagram of data storytelling

Mentions:
The Data Detective: Ten Easy Rules to Make Sense of Statistics by Tim Harford https://timharford.com/books/
Data Mesh: Delivering Data-Driven Value at Scale by Zhamak Dehghani https://www.amazon.com/Data-Mesh-Delivering-Data-Driven-Value/dp/1492092398
Effective Data Storytelling by Brent Dykes https://www.effectivedatastorytelling.com/#intro

Get even more insights from data and analytics leaders like Tim, Zhamak, and Brent on The Data Chief (https://www.thoughtspot.com/data-chief).

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