August 1, 2022

Episode 21: The Importance of Data Management with Scott Taylor, The Data Whisperer

In this episode Scott Taylor, The Data Whisperer and Principal Consultant for Meta Meta Consulting, talks about how to tell a better story so that your company can focus on the importance of data management. Scott also talks about the importance of knowing your business and his experience working in consulting.  

0:00 Intro 

0:53 What Scott does 

4:25 Scott’s favorite part of his job 

6:24 Scotts career path from History to data management 

11:15 What education do you need to be a data scientist 

14:06 Consulting 

18:09 Improving your communication 

19:40 Using LinkedIn for Business 

20:51 Resources for Data Scientists 

22:47 Scotts advice for new data scientists 

24:14 Outro 

Resources: 

• Scott's YouTube
• Scott's Book Telling Your Data Story
• MetaMeta Consulting
• People to follow 

• • Kate Strachnyi
  • Andrew Jones
  • Dave Langer
  • Susan Walsh
  • George Firican

• Data science resources 

• • https://www.kdnuggets.com/ 
  • Start with Why book 

• Communication resources 

• • 110 Techniques of Communication 
  • Using Video to Build Relationships

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