No Time to Mourn: Building a Tech Career Through a War
One morning, Diana Kocheva learns that the classmate she’d sat beside since she was seven has died. There is no time to mourn. There’s work, a podcast to record, and a mother in Zaporizhzhia who needs...
28 Okt 31min
Are You Assembling the Avengers While the Moment Passes?
For his last documentary, David flew a sound engineer and a TV production crew to a dry lake bed in the Nevada desert, just to record his footsteps and a passing car. Four hotel rooms, two cities, one...
27 Okt 27min
Why I Was Grateful When COVID Killed My Business
In 2020, every bar and restaurant shut, and the social media marketing business Tom Shaw had built for them went with them. With no clients left to answer to, he decided to learn to code. Today, as a ...
26 Okt 21min
Why My Investment App Knew I Was on the Phone
Justin Pagano was on a phone call when he opened his investment app, and a banner appeared: we’re not calling you, and we’d never ask for this. No block, no extra step, just a nudge at the exact momen...
23 Okt 30min
Data in Sport: Can Numbers ever Overrule Gut Feeling?
David grabs Will Morgan, Principal Data Scientist at the Rajasthan Royals, on the floor at Data Decoded in Manchester, the day before they share a stage. Will went from 12 years in academia, with a Ph...
22 Okt 17min
The Ad Is Cringe. 300 Million Views Don’t Care.
You watch an ad and wince. It’s clumsy, it’s cringe, and you can’t imagine it converting anyone. Then it racks up 300 million views and converts brilliantly. For Ada Mockute Jaime, Chief Marketing Off...
21 Okt 41min
Is Your Data Lying to Your Board?
What happens when a prediction lands on a board slide and everyone treats it as a fact? Recorded live at Data Decoded, David sits down with transformation leader and founder Lucy Goudie straight after...
20 Okt 19min
