Morgan Depenbusch, PhD gives tons of practical advice in this episode that can change the game for your data career. This includes insights on:

• How to apply real principles from behavioral science to influence with your work in data (we get a sneak preview of content in her newly released "The Analytics Influence Playbook")
• Data visualization and storytelling
• The growing field of People Analytics
• +Personal branding, her experience working at Google and general career guidance for data practitioners

"The Analytics Influence Playbook" discussed on the episode, as well as Morgan's self-paced course, newsletter and other resources are available here:

https://stan.store/morgandepenbusch/

You can also follow Morgan on LinkedIn at:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/morgandepenbusch/

Evelyn Cates discusses her career journey & working in analytics at Disney + her advice for practitioners on data storytelling & communicating insights!

Follow Evelyn on LinkedIn here:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/evelyntcates/

Michelle Dunivan, PhD, Senior Director, Insights & Analytics at Best Friends Animal Society joins to discuss:

-Her career journey in data
-The mission of the Best Friends Animal Society
-How data & analytics work supports this mission
-What it's like to work in data & analytics at a mission-driven organization
-Her advice for today's practitioners and those interested in a leadership role in data
+more!

You can follow Michelle on LinkedIn here:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/michelle-dunivan/

You can learn more about the Best Friends Animal Society here:

https://bestfriends.org/

Brian Julius joins to share about Model Context Protocol (MCP), including:

• What MCP is in simple terms
• The opportunities and efficiencies it creates
• Possible implications for data practitioners and their careers

Follow more of Brian's content on LinkedIn:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/brianjuliusdc/

Brian's "Data Mad Science" YouTube Channel:

https://www.youtube.com/@DataMadScience

Oliver Hughes, CEO @ Count, joins to discuss his journey into analytics & launching his company. He shares insights on how organizations can get clarity out of the abundance of data available to them and a framework that data teams can use for delivering this.

Follow Ollie on LinkedIn:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/hughesoliver/

Ollie's Company:

https://count.co/

Kristen Kehrer joins to discuss her:

• New book "Susie's School Bus Solution, A Computer Vision Story"
• Process for writing a book (she has authored two others), and translating technical topics into easy-to-understand principles
• Journey to hosting a major industry podcast -- "Mavens of Data"
• Perspective on the the current data jobs market

Links to follow Kristen and find her content:

LinkedIn:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/kristen-kehrer-datamovesme/

Data Moves Me:

https://www.datamovesme.com/

Kristen's Books:

Susie's School Bus Solution: Kehrer, Kristen, Rabito, Sinem Kılıç: 9781634626965: Amazon.com: Books

Machine Learning Upgrade: A Data Scientist's Guide to MLOps, LLMs, and ML Infrastructure: Kehrer, Kristen, Kaiser, Caleb: 9781394249633: Amazon.com: Books

Amazon.com: Mothers of Data Science eBook : Strachnyi, Kate, Kehrer, Kristen: Kindle Store

Albert Bellamy joins to discuss his transition from the military into data & analytics, as well as his advice (and resources) for navigating today's data jobs market.

Follow Albert on LinkedIn:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/bellamy-al/

Major Data YouTube Channel:

https://www.youtube.com/@Major_Data

Albert's Business Website:

https://themajordata.com/