Latest Data-science Podcast Episodes

Episode 8 - How to make Data-Science Boring

Data Driven Nirvana - September 09, 2020 09:00 - 22 minutes
It may seem a bit counter-intuitive but it's a good idea to try and make Data-Science boring!  In other words, reduce the excitement around data and analytics and convert it into a more "business as usual" activity. Chief Data-Scientist and Mango Solutions co-founder Rich Pugh is joined by Dave ...

Episode 7 - Data Engineering

Data Driven Nirvana - July 15, 2020 08:00 - 26 minutes
In this episode, Dean Wood, Principal Data Scientist at Mango Solutions and Chris James, Mango's Deputy Director of Client Services, discuss the importance of Data Engineering underpinning all data-driven transformation.  They consider the essential elements that must be in place to maximise the...

Episode 6 - The role of change in data-driven transformation

Data Driven Nirvana - June 04, 2020 20:00 - 30 minutes
In this episode Richard Pugh, Chief Data Scientists at Mango Solutions is joined by special guest Esther McMorris, CEO and founder at Nine Feet Tall, Mango's change partner.  They discuss the vital role of change in data-driven transformation and why so many digital transformation projects resul...

Episode 5 - Lies, Damn Lies and Data Science

Data Driven Nirvana - May 07, 2020 16:00 - 30 minutes
In this episode Rich Pugh, Chief Data Scientist and co-founder of Mango Solutions and Dave Gardner, Principle Engagement Lead at Mango, discuss the issue of data reliability.  Throughout human history people have been misrepresenting numbers to suit a particular interpretation or view-point. So ...

Episode 4 - Building an Effective Data-Science Capability

Data Driven Nirvana - March 10, 2020 09:00 - 26 minutes
This episode reflects a key challenge facing many businesses and business leaders today –  how to build a thriving data science capability. The demand for data-science and analytics in the UK has grown by 231% over the last five and half years making data and analytic skills a sought-after talen...

Episode 3 - Finding the right use case for Data Science

Data Driven Nirvana - February 05, 2020 09:00 - 28 minutes
In this episode, Rich Pugh, Chief Data Scientist and co-founder of Mango Solutions and David Gardner, who leads the data science team at Mango, talk  about finding the right use case for data science projects.  Too many companies are using data to solve the wrong problem, because they don't defi...

Episode 2 - Why Data Science Projects Fail

Data Driven Nirvana - January 06, 2020 09:00 - 28 minutes
In this episode, Rich Pugh, Chief Data Scientist and co-founder of Mango Solutions and David Gardner, who leads the data science team at Mango, talk about why data-science projects sometimes fail.  Like the gambler who only tells you when they win, organisations tend to keep quiet when data scie...

Episode 1 - Winners and Losers in the Race to Data-Driven Nirvana

Data Driven Nirvana - November 01, 2019 15:00 - 29 minutes
Dave Harries talks to Rich Pugh, Chief Data Scientist and co-founder of Mango Solutions and Dave Gardner, who leads the data science team at Mango. In this episode they discuss the likely winners and losers in the data driven revolution. As the ability to manage the ever-increasing deluge of dat...