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The Data & AI Chief

ThoughtSpot
Artificial Intelligence
Generative AI
Data Analytics
Customer Experience
Data Governance
Machine Learning
Procter & Gamble
Data Literacy
Supply Chain
Data Science
Digital Transformation
Agentic AI
Market Research
Data-Driven Decision Making
Hyatt
Data Quality
Thoughtspot
AI Factory
AI Ethics
Digital Fluency

Meet the world’s top data and AI leaders transforming how we do business. Hear case studies, industry insights, and personal lessons from the executives leading the data and AI revolution. Join host Cindi Howson, Chief Data & AI Strategy Officer at ThoughtSpot, every other Wednesday to meet the leaders and teams at the cutting edge.

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Explore how a global supply chain company turned its data platform into a customer-facing product designed to operate at the speed of disruption. Boris Rabkin, Chief Information Officer at Ligentia, shares how the company executed that shift through ... more

Understand how to close the gap between AI experimentation and enterprise production. Shub Agarwal, Founder of the AI Trust Lab at USC and author of Successful AI Product Creation: A Nine-Step Framework, shares his AI product management framework for... more

Learn what happens when the executive accountable for data strategy is also the executive accountable for the business results that depend on it. Saugata Saha, President of S&P Global Market Intelligence and Chief Enterprise Data Officer at S&P Globa... more

Learn why an organization’s ontology, a structured framework for how a business defines, connects, and makes sense of its data and knowledge, is the most valuable and most overlooked asset in any AI strategy. Jessica Talisman, CEO and Founder of The ... more

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Boris Rabkin
Chief Information Officer at Ligentia
Ligentia
Episode: How AI is Scaled Across Global Supply Chains with Ligentia
Shub Agarwal
Founder of the AI Trust Lab at USC
University of Southern California
Episode: Why Most Enterprise AI Pilots Fail: Lessons on Trust and Deployment
Saugata Saha
President of S&P Global Market Intelligence, Chief Enterprise Data Officer at S&P Global
S&P Global
Episode: S&P Global’s Chief Data Officer on Turning Data into Business Outcomes
Jessica Talisman
CEO and founder of The Ontology Pipeline
The Ontology Pipeline
Episode: How Semantic Layers and Ontologies Create Trusted AI
Tony Seale
Founder of The Knowledge Graph Guys
The Knowledge Graph Guys
Episode: How Semantic Layers and Ontologies Create Trusted AI
Emily Capodilupo
Senior Vice President of Research, Algorithms and Data at Whoop
Whoop
Episode: Inside WHOOP's Wearables AI Engine for Predictive Health
Stefano Puntoni
Co-director of Wharton Human-AI Research and professor at The Wharton School
Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
Episode: A Wharton AI Research Leader's Formula for Responsible AI
Louis DiModugno
Global Chief Data Officer at Verisk
Verisk
Episode: How a Serial CDAO Scales AI in Insurance with Verisk
Daniel Hulme
Chief AI Officer at WPP and CEO of Satalia
WPP
Episode: How AI Augments Human Creativity at Scale: The WPP Blueprint

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Cindi Howson
Host of the show and a senior data and AI leader with extensive industry experience, including leadership roles at ThoughtSpot. She facilitates conversations with top data and AI executives and practitioners.

Reviews

4.9 out of 5 stars from 155 ratings
  • An excellent Data podcast!

    This is a great podcast that touches upon all things Data and AI. I really enjoy listening to Cindi and the way she orchestrates the episodes, and not to forget the great insights from the guests on the show.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    lkkvn2443
    India5 months ago
  • Very insightful

    A very good interview with Aimee Smith, on how Met Police is using data and by empowering users to create analysis for better policing.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    CliveP2
    United Kingdoma year ago
  • Excellent guests

    Thoroughly enjoy the discussions, insights, trials & tribulations, failures, and successes. Informative and entertaining 🤓 #DataFest

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    n(joy)
    United States2 years ago
  • Required Listening for All Data Professionals

    It is great to hear from fellow data professionals on how they put to practice the theory. Cindi is an amazing host who, with her extensive experience in the field, and engaging personality, does a great job to help bring out so many pearls of wisdom. I keep going back to listen to some episodes when I have questions in my job. Also, superb production quality from the team at the Mission.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Nitish Mathew
    Australia3 years ago
  • Great data podcast

    The guests on this show are always top-notch. Cindi does a great job of asking insightful questions. Definitely consider adding this podcast to your playlist if you’re interested in learning more about data and analytics!

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    PPTNinja
    United States3 years ago

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Guests are consistently high-caliber, with diverse perspectives across finance, tech, and operations.
Listeners appreciate the actionable takeaways and governance focus that helps translate theory into practice.

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How AI is Scaled Across Global Supply Chains with Ligentia
Q: What role do technology partners play in Ligentia's next chapter?
Partnerships will be critical; we'll co-create solutions with tech partners to deliver simpler, faster, more reliable outcomes for customers at scale, leveraging managed services to translate into real value.
How AI is Scaled Across Global Supply Chains with Ligentia
Q: How did you balance empowering internal teams with delivering a solution for customers in the moment?
We treated internal and customer needs as the same problem by building a single data platform that could serve both, embedding intelligence into a customer-facing capability and ensuring a consistent user experience across the platform.
How AI is Scaled Across Global Supply Chains with Ligentia
Q: What did you see when you first joined Ligentia, and what did you decide to focus on first?
I found a well-built reporting factory with many reports but lacked speed and clarity; the focus was on consolidating data into a single, trusted platform that could serve both internal needs and customer-facing analytics, enabling faster, more confident decisions.
How AI Augments Human Creativity at Scale: The WPP Blueprint
Q: What happens when people attribute consciousness to these machines?
We need to come up with a consensus on whether machines can be considered conscious and how that impacts our relationships with them.
How AI Augments Human Creativity at Scale: The WPP Blueprint
Q: How did you get into this space?
I have been passionate about AI since my undergraduate studies in AI at UCL, where I began exploring what it means to be human and intelligent.

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A practitioner-focused look at data strategy, AI governance, and practical deployment across industries. Episodes center on turning data into measurable business impact, building federated data ecosystems, trusted AI via semantic layers and ontologies, health and wearables analytics, AI governance, and the fusion of creativity with data-driven decision-making. Notable is a recurring emphasis on governance, human oversight, change management, and real-world case studies from finance, insurance, marketing, and tech platforms. The format tends to feature senior data and AI leaders sharing concrete playbooks, lessons learned, and actionable guidance for integrating data initiatives into business units without compromising governance or ethics. ... more

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