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Friday Jul 29, 2022
Friday Jul 29, 2022
In this episode of Data Chats, Chris Richardson interviews Charles Wheelan, senior lecturer and policy fellow at the Rockefeller Center at Dartmouth College and author of several books, including Naked Statistics, Naked Economics and Naked Money.
- How to approach complicated topics like data and statistics when that’s not your area of expertise
- Examples of organizations using data brilliantly and examples of why data might fail
- Why persistence and investment are needed for successful quality data collection
- Why do we have to approach metrics cautiously to prevent distortion
Data Science for Business Leaders
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Friday Jul 15, 2022
How to Earn a Full-Tuition Scholarship to Attend TDI
Friday Jul 15, 2022
Friday Jul 15, 2022
- The best ways to make your application stand out
- How to prepare for the program before you even apply
- The tips and tricks you'll need to earn one of those limited free spots.

Friday Jul 01, 2022
Empowering Collaboration Between Data Practitioners and Product Managers
Friday Jul 01, 2022
Friday Jul 01, 2022
- The intersection between data science and product management
- How data can be better integrated into the product development cycle
- Decision making models based on insights from data practitioners
- How to create strong partnerships between data practitioners and product managers
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Friday Jun 17, 2022
AMA with Michael Li
Friday Jun 17, 2022
Friday Jun 17, 2022
Ever pondered a random data science fact? Been intrigued by data bootcamps? Wanted to know how to get hired in data science? Or what skills you must have to start? Maybe you're dying to know more about TDI?
Wonder no more! All your burning questions about data and TDI are answered in our most recent ask me anything with TDI Founder Michael Li.
Have a question that didn't get answered? Pop us an email at admissions@thedataincubator.com and we'll make sure Michael answers it next time. Don't hold back - we want to hear all your serious, wacky or challenging questions that you can't get answered anywhere else.

Friday Jun 03, 2022
How AI Can Support Healthcare and Improve Lives
Friday Jun 03, 2022
Friday Jun 03, 2022
- Where Awais sources the data for his company and ensures its accuracy
- How he finds valuable feedback that informs its development
- Ways to approach the architectural side of data
Data Science for Business Leaders
This course teaches you how to partner with data professionals to uncover business value, make informed decisions and solve problems. Learn More
This course teaches a proven, repeatable approach that you can leverage across data projects and toolsets to deliver timely data analysis with actionable insights. Learn More

Friday May 20, 2022
Alumni AMA (Ask Me Anything)
Friday May 20, 2022
Friday May 20, 2022
Do you have unanswered questions about any of the TDI bootcamps and what they might entail? Do you want to hear from real people who have been through our bootcamps and have them spill the details on what they really think?
Listen to our most recent alumni AMA (ask me anything) to get all the nitty-gritty! TDI's fantastic alumni have a candid discussion about their time here and chat about everything from the application, to the coding challenge, to how they aced their interviews and what happened once they graduated.

Friday May 06, 2022
The Grammar of Data Visualization
Friday May 06, 2022
Friday May 06, 2022
- How to alter data visualization approaches based on the audience
- Why organizations should standardize simple data visualization elements like color
- Why data doesn’t start with a conversation about software
- What is wrong with using pie charts

Friday Apr 22, 2022
How to Become a Data-Guided Business
Friday Apr 22, 2022
Friday Apr 22, 2022
- Capturing the data your business is creating
- Identifying data signals
- Utilizing the iterative approach to business-driven data analysis
- Using collaboration as a way to create a data culture

Friday Apr 08, 2022
Put Down the Pie Chart and Other Data Visualization Strategies
Friday Apr 08, 2022
Friday Apr 08, 2022
- Why you should think beyond excel for creating graphs and charts
- The importance of the DIKW pyramid (Data, Information, Knowledge and Wisdom)
- How culture influences communication, specifically visualization decisions
- The problems with pie charts and color decisions
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Data Science for Business Leaders
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Friday Mar 25, 2022
Thinking about a data science career? Start here.
Friday Mar 25, 2022
Friday Mar 25, 2022
This episode was recorded during our recent Data Webinar.
Have you ever asked yourself any of these questions: What is data science? What does a data scientist even do? What’s the best way to launch a data science career? Skip the vague google search and get the answers you’re looking for from The Data Incubator's data science instructor and Data Chats guest host Rich Ott, who’s been in your shoes before. Through this podcast, Rich discusses:
- What data science means nowadays and what a data scientist really does
- Which skills you should know before you start
- What skills you’ll learn in the middle of your journey
- How to break into the data science field and land an interview
- What TDI brings to the table in all of this

Friday Mar 11, 2022
How to Integrate Market Knowledge with Data-Driven Decision Making
Friday Mar 11, 2022
Friday Mar 11, 2022
Once you have data, it’s smooth sailing and straightforward decision-making, right? Not so fast. There are many ways data projects go wrong because data work requires human input and can have human errors.
In this episode of Data Chats, Chris Richardson interviews Ben Jones, founder & CEO of Data Literacy and author of Avoiding Data Pitfalls: How to Steer Clear of Common Blunders When Working With Data
They discuss:
- The relationship between the human realm and the data-realm
- Common data blunders and how to spot them
- How to effectively layer qualitative and quantitative data
- The gap between data and reality
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Friday Feb 25, 2022
How to Avoid an AI Project Failure
Friday Feb 25, 2022
Friday Feb 25, 2022
- Early mistakes when companies begin data projects
- The ideal people to include on a data team
- 5 Reasons why AI Projects Fail
- Difference between AI projects and other data projects
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Data Science for Business Leaders
This course teaches you how to partner with data professionals to uncover business value, make informed decisions and solve problems.
Learn More
This course teaches a proven, repeatable approach that you can leverage across data projects and toolsets to deliver timely data analysis with actionable insights.
Learn More