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Odin & Aesop

Bill Redman & Tony Faust

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Interested in military history? Please join Join Bill Redman and Tony Faust two retired Marines as they review military history books and provide a unique look at how the book’s contents relate to current trends in military operations. Each episode provides a detailed book discussion along with some recommendations for related reading on the topic.”
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Organisations that manage data well attract top talent, disrupt markets, and remain competitive. What does it take? Join information engineer, scientist, and educator Loris Marini as he learns from the best minds in the field. Welcome to data through a human lens!
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Siegfried Knappe served in the German Army from 1936 until 1949. He was a member of the German General Staff. Knappe was wounded multiple times and saw action in France as well as the Eastern and Italian fronts. He ended the war in and out of Hitler’s bunker during the Battle of Berlin before spending several years in Soviet captivity. This book pr…
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The United States entered World War One on April 6th, 1917. Going to war in Europe meant the United States had to greatly expand its Army. It had enlist, train, organize, equip, and deploy hundreds of thousands of young men. One of the units that was part of this expansion was the 79th Infantry Division which was activated in August 1917. Many of t…
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Company E, 506th Regiment was part of the U.S. Army’s 101st Airborne Division. It was formed in 1942 and comprised of young volunteers that were generally new to the army. Company E received its baptism by fire in June 1944 when it jumped into NAZI occupied France. It went on to jump into Holland as part of Operation Market-Garden; helped blunt the…
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Sierra Leone’s civil war lasted from 1991 until 2002. It was marked by exceptional levels of cruelty and suffering. During this civil war the United Nations, neighboring West African states, and the United Kingdom launched military interventions into Sierra Leone. The United Kingdom’s intervention was called Operation Palliser. In September 2000 el…
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On November 20th, 1953 thousands of French paratroopers dropped into a place called Dien Bien Phu. Dien Bien Phu is a small valley in the northern part of Vietnam close to Laos. The French plan was to establish a base at Dien Bien Phu, keep it resupplied by air, and then use it as a place to launch operations against the Viet Minh. The French under…
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The First Allied Airborne Army launched an attack into the German occupied Netherlands on September 17, 1944. Eventually over the 41,000 troops went in by parachute and glider. The idea was for this huge airborne force to seize nine bridges stretched across 64 miles of the Netherlands. Seizing these bridges would allow the British Army’s XXX Corps …
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On June 1942, Germany’s Army Group South started an offensive called Case Blue or Plan Blue. The idea was to sprint out off eastern Ukraine, across the Russian steppe, and into the Caucasus to capture the oil fields there. As part of this big effort, the German Sixth Army attempted to capture the city of Stalingrad on the Volga River. The Sixth Arm…
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On June 27, 1976, an Air France flight from Tel Aviv to Paris was hijacked by a group of Arab and German terrorists. They demanded the release of 53 terrorists and diverted the plane to Entebbe, Uganda. On July 4th, Israeli commandos disguised as Ugandan soldiers flew over 2,000 miles, assaulted the airport, killed the terrorists, and rescued all b…
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By the end of 1914, World War One has stagnated into an industrial age nightmare. The British and French sat opposite the Germans in trenches running through France from the coast to the Alps. Things weren’t much different in the East where the early Russian advance had been defeated. The British looked for options. What could they do to alter the …
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Military Assistance Command, Vietnam – Studies and Observations Group (MACV-SOG) was established in January 1964 to conduct unconventional warfare operations. These included reconnoitering and disrupting North Vietnamese activities in Laos and Cambodia. Given the sensitive nature of MACV-SOG’s work, its missions were classified. John Plaster served…
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Adolf Hitler ruled Germany from 1933 until he committed suicide in 1945. Joseph Stalin ruled the Soviet Union from 1924 until his death in 1953. Between 1933 and 1945 these two brutal dictators oversaw the killing of 14 million noncombatants in the region comprised of the Baltic states, Belarus, Poland, and Ukraine. Timothy Snyder explains how and …
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The Sherwood Rangers were a British tank regiment during the Second World War. They served in North Africa where they fought in the battles of Alam El Hafa and Second El Alamein and helped drive Germany’s Afrika Corps out of Tunisia. Next, the Sherwood Rangers landed in Normandy on D-Day. They lead the drive out of France, across Belgium, and into …
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Argentina seized the Falkland Islands on April 2nd, 1982. The British government deployed a naval task force on April 5th to take them back. As the force steadily converged from 8,000 miles away, the rest of the world wondered if the two countries would really fight over the remote and sparsely populated islands. They did. By the time it was over i…
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The Demilitarized Zone, or DMZ, was created between North Vietnam and South Vietnam in 1954. The DMZ was supposed to be a temporary buffer zone that would keep previously hostile forces away from each other. When the planned unification of North Vietnam and South Vietnam stalled out, the DMZ stayed on with an air of permanence. It was four to six m…
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Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck commanded Imperial German military forces throughout the East Africa campaign during World War One. His mostly African army of about 14,000 attacked, checked, and evaded much larger Allied forces for over four years. When the war ended, Lettow-Vorbeck surrendered and returned undefeated to a hero’s welcome in Germany. This b…
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Slow or inadequate data infrastructure can seriously hinder the progress of data science projects, making it a constant battle to balance the need for speed with accuracy and quality. Today I learn the challenges data science teams face and how to overcome the obstacles of data infrastructure from Ville Tuulos, author of "Effective Data Science Inf…
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By the middle of 1942 the United States had recovered from the shock of Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor and the early defeats of Japan expanding into the Pacific. Now it started parallel offensives north and south of the equator. By the middle of 1944 the United States had retaken the Marianas Islands and was flowing over Japan’s empire like “a conq…
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AI is emerging as a powerful tool for data scientists and businesses. But how can we leverage this technology to its fullest potential? Join me as I learn from Tobias Zwingmann, author of AI-Powered Business Intelligence. You can follow Tobias on LinkedIn. Episode page https://www.discoveringdata.com/podcast/episode-058 Book Giveaway Do you want to…
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A great data leader is a provocateur. They "provoke" the organization with their ideas and demonstrating success. Join me as I learn from Tom Redman the Data Doc. You can follow Tom on LinkedIn. Episode page https://www.discoveringdata.com/podcast/episode-057 Membership Waiting List https://airtable.com/shrGDK9R143gXZD0X For Guests Do you enjoy edu…
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Learn how to extract business value from text from the father of the data warehouse: Bill Inmon. You can follow Bill on LinkedIn. Episode page https://www.discoveringdata.com/podcast/episode-056 Join the Discovering Data community! Do you want to turn data into business outcomes and get promoted? Discovering Data just launched a new Discord server …
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Analytics requires a real involved effort across the entire organization. So what does it take to build team that not only understands your organization's data but the analytic and business requirements as well? Today I learn from John Thompson, best selling author, analytics innovator, and data thought leader. Episode page https://www.discoveringd…
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Eight soldiers from the Britain’s Special Air Service flew deep into northwestern Iraq on the night of January 22nd, 1991. Their callsign was Bravo Two Zero. Their mission was to destroy the SCUD missiles Iraqi President Saddam Hussein was using against Israel. A young goat herder stumbled across the patrol after it was on the ground for less than …
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What is semantic modeling? How and when do you need it? Can you automate it? Today I speak with Panos Alexopoulos author of the book "Semantic Modeling for Data - Avoiding Pitfalls and Breaking Dilemmas" published by O'Reilly. You can follow Panos on LinkedIn. Episode page https://www.discoveringdata.com/podcast/episode-054 Join the Discovering Dat…
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When was the last time a data engineer got invited into a strategy meeting and asked, "Hey, I value your opinion. Can you come and sit with the CEO?" Today, we map the habits you need to develop for maximum business impact and promotion. You can follow the panelists on their LinkedIn: Tobias Zwingmann Vishal Ramrakhyani Swati Vishwanathan Episode p…
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Can a system help us build better products? Today I learn everything about DataOps from Christopher Bergh, CEO and Head Chef at DataKitchen. You can follow Chris on LinkedIn. Episode page https://www.discoveringdata.com/podcast/episode-053 Events coming up - Data Teams Summit The Data Teams Summit is coming up on January 25. It's an online live eve…
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In November 1965, roughly 450 men of the 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry flew by helicopter into Vietnam’s Ia Drang Valley. They were attacked by 2,000 North Vietnamese soldiers almost immediately. Three days later, one of their sister battalions was unexpectedly attacked a short distance away. The U.S. lost 237 killed. These two fights at landing zones…
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Today we look back to look forward: 🗓️ 1 Year 🎙️ 2 Podcasts 👨‍💻 50 Data Leaders 💡7 Lessons What are the biggest lessons in data management for next year? This is our first Live-Show ever, a collaboration between Discovering Data and Data Management Association Norway (DAMA) a LIVE podcast co-hosted by myself and Winfried Adalbert Etzel. This is wha…
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The Modern Data Stack is getting too complex and costly to maintain. What are some of the worse anti-patterns in the MDS? What are the drivers and incentives that prevent us from scaling? Join me as I follow the white rabbit with Lauren Balik. You can follow Lauren on LinkedIn. Episode page http://www.discoveringdata.com/podcast/episode-052 Join th…
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Ernst Junger was an infantry officer in the German army throughout World War One. He served in the trenches for close to four years, was wounded fourteen times, and was the youngest recipient of Germany’s highest award, Pour le Mérite. Somehow, he lived. Storm of Steel is his memoir. It was first published in 1920.…
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Taxonomy is the practice and science of categorization or classification, and it’s what we need if we want to be able to search for data. What can go wrong and how do you do it well? Join me as I learn from Helen Lippell. You can follow Helen on LinkedIn. 'Taxonomies' Book Giveaway & Special Offer We are giving away 10 copies of Helen's new book: "…
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Psychological safety fuels learning and growth. It feels good and it’s good for business too! After a decade working in Simon Sinek’s team and hundreds of keynote presentations my guest Stephen Shedletztky joins me today to talk about creating a Speak Up culture. You can follow Stephen on LinkedIn. Episode page https://www.discoveringdata.com/podca…
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How do you leverage unstructured data to create better and more sustainable products, increase margins, and grow the business? Today I learn from Korbinian Spann, CEO, and founder of Insaas.ai. You can follow Korbinian on LinkedIn. Episode page Link For Brands Do you want to showcase your thought leadership with great content and build trust with a…
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After the United States invaded Iraq and removed Saddam Hussein from power in spring 2003, the city of Fallujah became a hotbed of unrest. In March 2004, four American contractors were brutally murdered and mutilated there. President Bush ordered an attack to subdue the city. This attack was called off early after it sparked a media and political f…
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How can we maximize innovation in the enterprise? Today I learn from Ron Itelman in a voyage from data contracts to metacognition, neuroscience, and more. You can follow Ron on LinkedIn. Episode page Link For Brands Do you want to showcase your thought leadership with great content and build trust with a global audience of data leaders? We publish …
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How do you come up with new ideas to monetize data assets? My guest is the one and only Doug Laney who just published a new book called Data Juice: 101 stories of how organizations are squeezing value from available data assets. Signup to win a free copy at discoveringdata.com/juice. You can follow Doug Laney on LinkedIn. Episode page https://www.d…
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Business users must be able to communicate their data needs quickly without writing code. This is the idea of the semantic warehouse. But how do you build one? Join me as I learn from Chad Sanderson, Head of Data at Convoy. You can follow Chad on LinkedIn. Episode page https://www.discoveringdata.com/podcast/episode-046 Data Products Substack If yo…
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The German navy refitted the merchant ship Atlantis with weapons hidden in phony deckhouses and side structures. Using its disguise as a freighter, the Atlantis stalked the ocean for over 600 days in 1940 and 1941. She captured or sank 22 ships until cornered and sunk by the British. Bernhard Rogge was the captain of the Atlantis throughout its ser…
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Data therapists are translators that sit between business and technical data leaders. They are great facilitators, they understand tech but they also speak business. What happens in a data therapy session? Who runs it? When do you know you need one? Today I learn from a real expert on this topic, Ashley Faith. Ashley is a professional data scientis…
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The average CDO has 2 years to turn data into business value. Today we talk about data products, implicit and explicit knowledge, and the cultural revolution we need to turn data into knowledge at scale. My guests today are Juan Sequeda and Tim Gasper from data.world co-hosts of the Catalog & Cocktails podcast. Episode page https://www.discoveringd…
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What’s the business impact of data observability? Today we continue the conversation with Salma Bakouk, CEO and co-founder of Sifflet. Episode page https://www.discoveringdata.com/podcast/episode-043 For Brands Do you want to showcase your thought leadership with great content and build trust with a global audience of data leaders? We publish conve…
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John Paul Vann was a career Army officer. He served in combat during the Korean War and was an advisor to the South Vietnamese Army’s IV Corps fighting the Viet Cong for a year from 1962 to 1963. Vann retired from the Army a few months after completed that assignment. He returned to Vietnam in 1965. First he worked as an official for the Agency for…
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If data means money, we want to detect data issues before they turn into costly mistakes. We need to go from firefighting to fire prevention and be able to resolve issues quickly when they occur. Today we dive into data observability with Salma Bakouk, CEO and co-founder of Sifflet. Episode page https://www.discoveringdata.com/podcast/episode-042 F…
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This is part two of turning data into knowledge at scale, and about the arduous job of cleaning, defining, collapsing and expanding information and knowledge in the enterprise. My guest today is Jessica Talisman senior Taxonomist at Pluralsight. Episode page https://www.discoveringdata.com/podcast/taxonomies-ontologies-and-a-true-data-mesh-2 For Br…
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Today we talk about turning data into knowledge at scale, and about the arduous job of cleaning, defining, collapsing and expanding information and knowledge in the enterprise. My guest today is Jessica Talisman senior Taxonomist at Pluralsight. Episode links and resources https://www.discoveringdata.com/podcast/taxonomies-ontologies-and-a-true-dat…
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Charles MacDonald was twenty-one yeas old when he assumed command of Company I 23rd Infantry in October 1944. His company had been in combat sense D plus 1 and MacDonald had never been in combat. MacDonald learns his job in a trial by fire that tests him in every imaginable way. In the eight months he was in command he fought in Battle of the Bulge…
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If data and analytics are going to be taken seriously by business executives, we need to talk about value in their language. Today I speak with the Dean of Big Data Bill Schmarzo about the skills, mindsets and mental models we need as data practitioners to find a revenue connection in everything we do. Follow Bill Schmarzo on LinkedIn. Full episode…
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