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Join Ben Jones for candid conversations with data leaders, practitioners, and innovators. Each episode dives into real challenges and practical approaches to data strategy, BI modernization, AI adoption, and building data-literate organizations.

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Episode 4May 29, 202622 min

The Human Architecture of AI Transformation

Most organizations still can't turn data and AI ambition into operational reality. Ben Jones sits down with Patrick McGarry, Federal Chief Data Officer at ServiceNow, to talk about his new book, The Adaptive Organization, and why transformation rarely fails because the technology is wrong — it fails when a human and systemic challenge gets treated as a technology problem.

Guest: Patrick McGarry, Federal Chief Data Officer at ServiceNow

Episode 3April 21, 202631 min

The Evolving Role of the Data Analyst

What happens to the data analyst when AI starts doing more of the technical work? In this episode, Ben Jones talks with Hex's Rachel Herrera about how the analyst role is evolving, and how it can turn into something even more influential than it has ever been: curating context, building trust, and helping organizations turn data into better decisions.

Guest: Rachel Herrera, Product Evangelist at Hex

Episode 2April 1, 202622 min

Are Dashboards Dead, and Where is BI Headed?

Ellie Fields helped shape the self-service analytics era at Tableau. Now, as CEO & co-founder of Ridge AI, she and Ben dig into whether dashboards are dead, where conversational AI breaks down, and how dashboards plus data agents may work together to create a better analytics experience.

Guest: Ellie Fields, CEO & Co-Founder at Ridge AI

Episode 1March 18, 202613 min

Introducing the Powered by Data Show

Ben sits down with Alli Torban to introduce the newly rebranded Powered by Data Show and discuss why the future of business intelligence depends on bringing humans, data, and AI together in a more practical, action-oriented way.

Guest: Alli Torban, Host of Data Viz Today podcast at Data Viz Today

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