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A podcast for people building data cultures.

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    • Jul 6, 2022 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 1h 6m AVG DURATION
    • 15 EPISODES


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    Ep. #12, Building Relationships in Data with Emilie Schario of Amplify Partners

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 6, 2022 89:39


    In episode 12 of The Right Track, Stefania Olafsdottir speaks with Emilie Schario of Amplify Partners. Together they discuss impact-driven development, actionable tactics for prioritizing relationships within data teams, the quandary of data job titles, and insights on improving data trust.

    Ep. #12, Building Relationships in Data with Emilie Schario of Amplify Partners

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 6, 2022 89:39


    In episode 12 of The Right Track, Stefania Olafsdottir speaks with Emilie Schario of Amplify Partners. Together they discuss impact-driven development, actionable tactics for prioritizing relationships within data teams, the quandary of data job titles, and insights on improving data trust.

    Ep. #11, Defining North Star Metrics with Che Sharma of Eppo

    Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2022 73:21


    In episode 11 of The Right Track, Stef Olafsdottir speaks with Che Sharma, CEO and Founder of Eppo. This conversation includes many unique insights from Che's experience scaling Airbnb's early data culture, as well as lessons on leading data teams, defining a good North Star metric, and leveraging experimentation tools

    Ep. #10, Getting to Know Your Users with Boris Jabes of Census

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2022 81:27


    In episode 10 of The Right Track, Stef speaks with Boris Jabes, CEO and Co-Founder of Census. They discuss the impact of SaaS on product releases, the challenges of stale data, insights on data ownership and how product management has evolved.

    Ep. #9, The Argument for Less Specialization with Erik Bernhardsson of Modal Labs

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2022 72:15


    In episode 9 of The Right Track, Stef speaks with Erik Bernhardsson, founder of Modal Labs and an early engineer at Spotify. This conversation covers cohort analysis, data team recruiting, and Erik's experiences building and refining data cultures.

    Ep. #9, The Argument for Less Specialization with Erik Bernhardsson of Modal Labs

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2022 72:15


    In episode 9 of The Right Track, Stef speaks with Erik Bernhardsson, founder of Modal Labs and an early engineer at Spotify. This conversation covers cohort analysis, data team recruiting, and Erik's experiences building and refining data cultures.

    Ep. #8, Defining the Data Scientist with Josh Wills of WeaveGrid

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2021 76:35


    In episode 8 of The Right Track, Stef speaks with Josh Wills of WeaveGrid. They address common misconceptions about data and product analytics, tips for hiring data product managers, and many invaluable lessons Josh has learned from his time at companies like Slack, Google, and Cloudera.

    Ep. #7, Data Translators with Benn Stancil of Mode

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 18, 2021 72:33


    In episode 7 of The Right Track, Stef speaks with Benn Stancil of Mode. They discuss the value of analytics for the end user, the emerging role of analytics engineer, building and maintaining data trust, and tactics for optimizing data teams.

    Ep. #6, Domain Expertise with Laurie Voss of Netlify

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 4, 2021 64:30


    In episode 6 of The Right Track, Stef Olafsdottir speaks with Laurie Voss of Netlify. They discuss the roles in modern data teams, how Netlify uses data, insights on early data hires, and whether or not self-serve analytics will ever work.

    Ep. #5, Intangible Metrics with Elena Dyachkova of Peloton

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 21, 2021 66:03


    In episode 5 of The Right Track, Stef is joined by Elena Dyachkova of Peloton. They discuss the intersection of fitness and data, as well as the tools Peloton uses for data management, governance, and analytics.

    Ep. #4, Data Stewardship with Claire Armstrong of Fender

    Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2021 55:05


    In episode 4 of The Right Track, Stef speaks with Claire Armstrong of Fender. They unpack the digital products Claire's overseen at Fender, how her career has interwoven her passions for both music and tech, and tactics for approaching data with user empathy in mind.

    Ep. #3, Data Custodianship with Nick Threapleton of Culture Amp

    Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2021 55:25


    In episode 3 of The Right Track, Stef is joined by Nick Threapleton of Culture Amp. They discuss tactics for building data cultures, Nick's journey from marketing analytics to product analytics, and empowering teams to use data in their work.

    Ep. #2, Data Literacy with Maura Church of Patreon

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2021 61:45


    In episode 2 of The Right Track, Stef speaks with Maura Church of Patreon. They examine data literacy within orgs, the democratization of data science, and tactics for integrating data scientists into product teams.

    Ep. #1, Trusting Data with John Cutler of Amplitude

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2021 60:39


    In this debut episode of The Right Track, Stef Olafsdottir of Avo speaks with John Cutler of Amplitude. They discuss the growing proximity of product teams to customers, managing organizational inertia, and building better data cultures.

    Ep. #0, Subscribe to The Right Track

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2021 1:56


    Welcome to The Right Track, the podcast for people building data cultures. We'll hear from leaders in engineering, product, and data, as they share their frustrating and inspiring stories on building the best products for their customers by mastering outcome-driven development, self-serve analytics, and great data culture. The Right Track is hosted by Stefanía Ólafsdóttir, […]

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