133 - New Experiencing Data Interviews Coming in January 2024

133 - New Experiencing Data Interviews Coming in January 2024

Author: Brian T. O’Neill from Designing for Analytics December 26, 2023 Duration: 2:33

Today I am sharing some highlights for 2023 from the podcast, and also letting you all know I’ll be taking a break from the podcast for the rest of December, but I’ll be back with a new episode on January 9th, 2024. I’ve also got two links to share with you—details inside!

 

Transcript

Greetings everyone - I’m taking a little break from Experiencing Data over December of 2023, but I’ll be back in January with more interviews and insights on leveraging UX design and product management to create indispensable data products, machine learning apps, and decision support tools. 

Experiencing Data turned this year five years old back in November, with over 130 episodes to date! I still can’t believe it’s been going that long and how far we’ve come. 

Some highlights for me in 2023 included launching the Data Product Leadership Community, finding out that the show is now in the top 2% of all podcasts worldwide according to ListenNotes, and most of all, hearing from you that the podcast, and my writing, and the guests that  I have brought on are having an impact on your work, your careers, and hopefully the lives of your customers, users, and stakeholders as well! 

So, for now, I’ve got just two links for you:

If you’re wondering how to either:

  • support the show yourself with a really fast review on Apple Podcasts,
  • to record a quick audio question for me to answer on the show,
  •  or if you want to join my free Insights mailing lists where I share my bi-weekly ideas and thoughts and 1-page episode summaries of all the show drops that I put out here on Experiencing Data.

…just head over to designingforanalytics.com/podcast and you’ll get links to all those things there.

And secondly, if you need help increasing customer adoption, delight, the business value, or the usability of your analytics and machine learning applications in 2024, I invite you to set up a free discovery call with me 1 on 1. 

You bring the questions, I’ll bring my ears, and by the end of the call, I’ll give you my best advice on how to move forward with your situation – whether it’s working with me or not. To schedule one of those free discovery calls, visit designingforanalytics.com/go

And finally, there will be some news coming out next year with the show, as well as my business, so I hope you’ll hop on the mailing list and stay tuned, that’s probably the best place to do that. And if you celebrate holidays in December and January, I hope they’re safe, enjoyable, and rejuvenating. Until 2024, stay tuned right here - and in the words of the great Arnold Schwarzenegger, I’ll be back.


For enterprise data and product leaders, the real challenge often isn't building the technology-it's getting people to actually use it. Experiencing Data w/ Brian T. O’Neill digs into that persistent gap between creating powerful ML, AI, and analytical tools and seeing them drive genuine business value and informed decisions. Host Brian T. O’Neill, from Designing for Analytics, moves past pure technical discussion to explore how design, product thinking, and strategic management can bridge that divide. This podcast lives at the intersection of data and human experience, making it essential for anyone who has ever wondered why a technically sound data product failed to gain user adoption or secure stakeholder buy-in. Across conversations with practitioners and through Brian’s own analysis, episodes unpack what a "data product" approach truly means in practice. You’ll hear concrete strategies for designing analytics that people want to use, framing data work in terms of business outcomes, and leading teams to create not just outputs, but impactful solutions. It’s a resource for rethinking how data work connects to the arts of communication, design, and leadership, all to ensure that data investments lead to tangible results. Tune in for a pragmatic, human-centered perspective that is often missing from the tech conversation.
Author: Language: en-us Episodes: 100

Experiencing Data w/ Brian T. O’Neill
Podcast Episodes
189 - The Invisible Intelligence Gap [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 25:26
I’ve worked with a lot of teams building analytics and insights products and decision-support systems. The pattern I keep seeing isn’t that the math is wrong or the ML / AI models are weak. Much of the time, the technolo…
186 - Why Powerful AI & Analytics Products Feel Useless to Buyers [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 38:10
I’m back! After about 7 years (or more) of bi-weekly publishing, I gave myself a break (to have the flu, in part), but now it’s back to business! In 2026, I’ll be focusing the podcast more on the commercial side of data…