Welcome to the Leading with Data podcast brought to you by Molecula and Oracle.

Our brand new podcast is hosted by Jason Dorsey, President and Co-Founder of The Center for Generational Kinetics. Jason is a leading Gen Z and Millennials expert, a best-selling author, researcher and global keynote speaker.

The Leading with Data podcast brings you compelling conversations with some of the world’s leading executives of fortune 500 companies, venture capitalists, and industry veterans, about how they leverage data as one of their most strategic assets.

You’ll hear incredible stories about how data has helped business leaders, technical leaders and beyond achieve their business objectives and industry transformation.

Leading with Data is brought to you by Molecula and our sponsor, Oracle.

Molecula is a Cloud Data Access platform that simplifies, accelerates, and improves control over big data infrastructure for Advanced Analytics, Machine Learning, and IoT applications. Molecula is used to overcome the hardest data problems modern organizations face such as simplifying and streamlining real-time, continuous data analysis, reducing the time from data to decision, and managing data access, compliance risks, and costs. 

In this short introductory episode, Jason reveals what you can expect from future episodes of the podcast. All episode are around 20 minutes long.

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Important Links & Mentions

• Molecula’s website
• Oracle’s website

Introducing the Leading with Data podcast from Molecula, with your host Jason Dorsey. Jason is the President and Co-Founder of The Center for Generational Kinetics, a research and strategy firm serving many of the Fortune 2000. Jason is also a best-selling author and has appeared on more than 200 TV shows, has done 65 research studies, and has over 700 clients.

Jason’s background with generational context data guides business growth and strategy conversations around the world. He offers insights into how data shapes business across all industries, from super high-tech to low-tech.

Meet Jason and learn more about how effective data strategy could be driving the growth of your business.

Find out about:

• The purpose and future of the Leading with Data podcast from Molecula
• Using data in your business, no matter what industry you’re in or how you’ve used data in the past
• What it means that Gen Z will be the most consistent generation around the world and how that will affect your industry

Important Links & Mentions

• Jason’s Twitter
• Jason’s Website
• Jason’s LinkedIn
• The Center for Generational Kinetics

To listen to the podcast and read the blog post on this topic go to https://www.molecula.com/introducing-the-leading-with-data-podcast-with-jason-dorsey-sponsored-by-molecula-oracle

Welcome to Leading with Data, the podcast from Molecula that brings you conversations with some of the leading voices in data and management.

In this episode, we speak to one of the leading voices in data-driven business transformation – Jonathan Mariner. Jonathan has held a number of unique roles within the scope of his financial training, most notably as Chief Financial Officer with Major League Baseball.

It was at MLB that Jonathan helped transform the financial performance of the league, producing a $1bn positive revenue swing with his data-led approach.

Jonathan is also the founder and president of the brilliant TaxDay app – a travel-tracking app for tax purposes, specifically for residents who work or reside in multiple states.

Jonathan has a huge amount of knowledge and insight to share and he did just that in this stellar episode of Leading with Data.

Find out about:

• How Jonathan transformed Major League Baseball’s financial position
• How and why Jonathan founded TaxDay
• Jonathan’s advice for people early in their careers in data
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Important Links & Mentions:

• TaxDay's website
• Jonathan's Twitter
• Jonathan's LinkedIn  

In this episode, we speak to one of the leading voices in data-led decisions – Kurt Kratchman. Kurt has held a number of unique roles within the data industry, including starting out as a traffic engineer, a stint at film school and COO at revolutionary start-up, Grapeshot.

Now the GVP at Oracle Data Cloud, who acquired Grapeshot in 2018, Kurt shares what his years in the data industry have taught him.

Kurt has a huge amount of knowledge and insight to share and he did just that in this inspiring episode of Leading with Data.

Find out about:

• Kurt’s career and how he became GVP at Oracle Data Cloud
• The importance of being able to visualize the data
• Why Grapeshot decided to focus on a vertical marketplace and how it accelerated their growth
• Oracles role in fraud prevention
• Kurt’s thoughts on data predictions

Important Links & Mentions

• Oracle Date Cloud’s website
• Kurt’s Twitter
• Kurt’s LinkedIn

Welcome to Leading with Data, the podcast from Molecula bringing you conversations with the leading voices in data and management.

In this episode, Jason speaks to Jon Lehr, a venture capital Co-Founder who truly encompasses how to strategically use data in leadership.

Jon is the Co-Founder and General Partner of Work-Bench. He’s also the Founder of the New York Enterprise Tech Meetup (NYETM) which began in 2012, and now has over 8,000 members.

Jon talks about how his career path, from working in IT at the Office of the CIO at Morgan Stanley, to his current position at Work-Bench, has helped to expose data invisible to other investors.

Their conversation dives into the potential of using this data to help companies grow at scale and how to overcome the uncertainty of launching a start-up.

Find out:

• How a combination of banking and enterprise technology experience drives Jon’s leadership strategy
• Why invisible insights can provide greater decision-making power
• Jon’s predictions for the potentially catastrophic future of data
• How founders can grow as leaders
• How data has shaped Work-Bench’s leadership strategy

Important Links & Mentions:

• Work-Bench's website
• Jon’s Twitter
• New York Enterprise Technology Meet Up Twitter

Welcome to Leading with Data, the podcast from Molecula that brings you conversations with leading voices in data and management.

In this episode, we speak to Sanjay Poonen, COO of VMware, the sixth-largest software company in the world, and an expert on the developments of AI using big data.

With his broad experience across the technology and data industry, Sanjay has had a front-row seat to its developments over the last thirty years.

He joined our host, Jason Dorsey, to share his thoughts on the greatest data breakthroughs so far, and the most exciting (and potentially lifesaving) ones that are yet to come.

Find out about:

• Sanjay’s background from growing up in India to a successful career in Silicon Valley
• The biggest data driven breakthroughs in recent years
• Where AI will continue to influence our day-to-day 
• How data has the power to change healthcare
• Why the next generation needs educating about data

Important Links & Mentions

•  Sanjay’s leadership lessons
• Sanjay’s LinkedIn
• Sanjay’s Twitter

The Leading with Data podcast is back with season 2! Jason Dorsey, President and Co-Founder of The Center for Generational Kinetics, returns as our host and brings you exclusive interviews with global leaders in data.

You’ll discover fascinating conversations with CEOs, entrepreneurs and industry changemakers and learn how they’re using data to drive strategies and secure results.

In this season 2 trailer, Jason shares what’s in store for Leading with Data listeners.

Subscribe now, so you never miss an episode.

Can’t wait? Season 1 is available to listen to in full now!

Welcome to season two of Leading with Data, the podcast from Molecula that brings you conversations with leading voices in data and management.

In our first episode, Jason Dorsey chats with data visionary, Bryson Koehler, CTO of Equifax. As Bryson states, he’s been getting companies to think differently and bridging business and technology his entire career. He joins Jason to discuss why technology and data should always be the driver of change.

Bryson started in a weather app company, and while he may not have been able to predict whether it was going to rain or shine, he did predict that technology would become a major driver for companies. It’s a bet that’s paid off and why he has had some impressive roles as CTO at IBM Watson and now as CTO at Equifax.

He’s a strong proponent of utilizing data to drive businesses and lead transformation change. In this episode, he shares his insights about the future of data strategy.

Find out about:

• Bryson’s passion for bridging the gap between technology and business
• Why transformation change and product development should be rooted in the data
• Why Bryson believes there is no such thing as bad data
• The different generational attitudes to data, risk, and consent
• Why Bryson thinks explaining value will be the key to consent

Important Links & Mentions:

• Equifax
• Bryson’s LinkedIn
• Bryson’s Twitter

To listen to the podcast and read the blog post on this topic, click here.