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This podcast is for aspiring and established business leaders. In short episodes, we focus on extracting insights from the data fundamental to your business. It's "Data are Sexy" - a show produced by the US-based Tara Kenyon Group. You can also find us in the Podfolio at tarakenyon.com where you'll find me and the work I do in data analytics, risk management, business strategy, and critical thinking. While these fields may not be as sexy or glamorous as Edris Elba or Gal Gadot, I'm deeply pa ...
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Hi, everyone, and welcome to “Data Are Sexy,” the podcast that boldly proclaims the allure of data. I’m Tara Kenyon, your host, and I’ve got some exciting news to share with you today. For those of you who follow my work, you know I've been bringing you insights through my blogs, the new “Smart Boss” newsletter, and, of course, this very podcast. B…
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2.06 - Data Stories Unveiled: Crafting Narratives for Leadership Influence
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As a non-technical leader navigating the data landscape, your prowess in presenting data is a beacon that guides your team towards informed decision-making. As is usual for this podcast, we won’t dive into complex code or intricate algorithms. Instead, we’ll explore techniques for clear and persuasive data communication, tailored to resonate with d…
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2.05 - The Data Compass: Your Strategic Map to Leadership Mastery
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In this episode, we’ll explore the essentials of data navigation, offering insights beyond coding complexities. While the claim to unveil all data access secrets might be ambitious, our focus is on practical strategies and the importance of data quality. It’s not anything miraculous. Rather, it’s a step toward mastering the art of turning data into…
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2.04 - The Art of Persuasion: Data as Narrative
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Imagine data as the ink and paper of a story waiting to be written. In this episode, we'll explore the art of transforming data into narratives that engage, inform, and inspire. You'll discover how to weave data into a compelling story that resonates with your audience and drives meaningful action. If you’d like to learn more, check out my online c…
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2.03 - Crafting Insights: The Visual Alchemy of Data
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Why should you, the non-technical business leader, engage with this episode of the Data are Sexy podcast? Imagine being an art connoisseur entering a gallery filled with abstract masterpieces. To fully appreciate the art's beauty, you don't need to be a painter, but you do need to understand the nuances, the stories behind each stroke, and the emot…
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2.02 - Visual Storytelling: Crafting Insights through Data
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Imagine being able to express complex ideas and findings effortlessly, capturing your audience's attention and leaving a lasting impression. The language of data visualization is your gateway to achieving this. It's not just about creating charts; it's about crafting narratives that resonate with your viewers, helping them understand and connect wi…
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2.01 - Data Unveiled: Your Passport to Informed Decisions
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Imagine having a unique skill, a lens through which you can see beyond the numbers and spreadsheets, where data become not just a series of digits, but a map to understanding your business, your industry, and your customers. This episode should revolutionize your perspective on data. You'll see how data can be your most potent tool for informed dec…
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1.09 - Dominate with Analytics: Creating a Customer Relevancy Model
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All businesses want to find some way to differentiate themselves from their competition. You are overwhelmed, and your customers are overwhelmed, too. The data you have on hand today speaks volumes about becoming and staying relevant to your customers. It is the analytics behind that data that will cut through all the noise competing with you and y…
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1.08 - Strategic Selectivity: You CAN have it all, just not all at the same time
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Here’s a data point for you: How about something that promises that 74% of the value of an initiative is realized in the first year of roll-out? To achieve this, it’s important to understand that traditional strategic planning is failing us—and always has. The process never seems to deliver all that it promises at the beginning. Chances are that yo…
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1.07 - Canary in a Coal Mine: Retaining Key Talent with Data-Rich Analytics
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Think about this: The canaries placed in coal mines aren’t there to mine coal. On the business side of your organization, your rising stars and key talent typically aren’t the ones mining data and performing data analyses. Rather, they are learning your market and your product and service offerings. With a few extra skills and coaching, they can be…
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1.06 - You are Wonder Woman, and Data [are] Your Magic Lasso
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"You are Wonder Woman, and Data [are] Your Magic Lasso." If there was ever a metaphor I wish I had thought up myself, it's that one. It came from presentation and speaking coach Joel Schwartzberg in his Harvard Business Review article entitled, “Present Your Data Like a Pro.” Joel Schwartzberg's article Joel, being the expert presentations coach th…
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This episode delivers a four-step process to create value for your company, excellence for your strategies, and as always, a way to turn data into money. And here’s an introduction to that process – it is grounded in four laws: The Law of Intent The Law of Insight The Law of Intervals The Law of Integration You can find episodes dedicated to each o…
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Are you a DIVA? I'm not talking about the hair flip, glamorous, “don’t-you-know-who-I-am?” type of diva. DIVA is an acronym for “Data Insights, Visualization, and Analytics.” The Macmillan dictionary defines glamorous as “attractive and interesting in an exciting and unusual way.” Think of how much you could communicate to your Board, your team, yo…
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1.03 - The Magic of Analytics: Getting Your Data Investment to Pay-Off
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Today’s podcast is all about the Magic of Analytics. Specifically, it is about you, the non-technical business leader, and how to get your investment in data to pay off. I've included three little tips to use when you are looking at your own data. And I’ll give you these tips with the backdrop of the three types of Data Analytics: Descriptive, Pred…
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1.02 - The Most Controversial Word in "Data are Sexy"
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If you do a search on the word “sexy” on this podcast platform, beware of what you’ll find. I would further recommend that you save the search at a time when small children aren’t present! Of course, I named this podcast “Data are Sexy” for a reason. It got your attention, didn’t it? Today, I’m going to talk about the most controversial word in the…
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Are you among the business leaders that often ask their data analysts to "mine the data and tell me something interesting."? (See "I have data. I need insights. Where do I start? by Rama Ramakrishnan Rama's article ) Ramakrishnan says it's because business leaders are under pressure to show some ROI from all the money that's been spent on systems t…
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Join Dr. Tara Kenyon as she explores why data and analytics are important to the non-technical business leader and turn data into money. You can reach Tara Kenyon at TaraKenyon.com. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit tarakenyonphd.substack.com…
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