SCOTT TAYLOR - The Data Whisperer

Let me help you TELL YOUR DATA STORY 

I can be your voice for Data Management 

Partnering with Enterprises and innovative Data Brands that want to change the nature of data management - and help them tell their story!

As **The Data Whisperer** I help "calm data down" 

I am a firm believer in “making your data do the work,” and have enlightened countless business executives to the value of proper data management by focusing on the strategic rationale and business alignment rather than technical implementation and system integration. 

I'm more of the strategic WHY than the technical HOW. 

I have spent over two decades solving master data challenges with large global enterprises as well as guiding Tech Brand owners to leverage their reference data and taxonomy assets.  

In a variety of strategic marketing, GTM, innovation and consulting roles, I have worked with some of the world’s most iconic business data brands including Dun & Bradstreet, Nielsen, Microsoft, Kantar, NPD as well as start-ups such as Qoints and Spiceworks.  

I'm an avid business evangelist and original thinker, and continually share my passion for the strategic value of foundational data through public speaking opportunities, blogs, videos, whitepapers, podcasts and all forms of marketing content. 

Highly effective strategic Subject Matter Expert/SME working directly with sales and alliances to reinforce the value of data management.

If you are an innovative Tech Brand looking to change the very nature of data management let me help you tell a better story!

The Data Whisperer & Principal Consultant

MetaMeta: "It's about what it's about"

We are a strategic marketing consultancy focused on partnering with innovative Tech Brands that seek to change the nature of enterprise data management - and want help to tell that story.  Our experience is rooted in helping countless business executives understand the strategic value of proper data management.  Data has never been hotter but Tech Brands can't always break through the clutter.  We are proponents of compelling messaging that is also technically accurate. 

Honestly have not been thinking too much about data recently 😎  


Princess Di Beach, Barbuda 🏝️

SCOTT TAYLOR

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Due to…ahem…local weather, yeah local weather 😎 I won’t be able to make it to Data Day Texas and will miss seeing a bunch of my data friends. 

BTW When is Data Day Antigua? 🇦🇬

Joe Reis Jordan Morrow Matthew Housley Jean-Georges Perrin Ole Olesen-Bagneux Sanjeev Mohan  Dylan Anderson  Ryan Dolley 🎯 Mark Freeman II  Tim Gasper Bill Inmon Winfried Adalbert Etzel  Alex Merced  enjoy the snow ❄️ 




#datastorytelling 



Jolly Harbour, Antigua 🇦🇬

If your hair is on fire every time you upgrade Apache Spark… 🔥

You’re not alone. For many teams, Spark upgrades set off a full on fire drill: chasing deprecated APIs, fixing dependencies, and validating data, all while keeping production running.

At AWS re:Invent they announced an AI-powered Spark upgrade agent for Amazon EMR that changes everything. It works inside your IDE to:

📈Analyze and modernize code
🛠️Fix build and runtime issues
✅Validate tests and data outputs

What used to take months of engineering effort can now be done in hours, or even minutes.

Less fire. 🔥 More warmth. ☺️

If you’re running Spark on Amazon Web Services (AWS) EMR, this is worth checking out.

Read all about it here : https://lnkd.in/gePZcTck

Movement-starter, TEDx speaker and award-winning author, I am an internationally recognized as a pioneer in data literacy and one of dataIQ™’s 100 Most Influential People in Data.  I am the owner of Bodhi Data and currently serves as the Senior Vice President of Data and AI Transformation at AgileOne as well as a speaker for The English Square. I have also served as the Chair of the Advisory Board for The Data Literacy Project and speaks at leading companies, events and universities among which are the United Nations, Fidelity Investments, Vanguard, Nike, Big Data London, Coca-Cola, the PBS annual meeting, Bacardi, and Columbia University.

I help audiences identify important signals in their data through visualizing and storytelling, stipulating that wisdom, above strategy and goals, is required to become truly data literate. I have authored five books on data and AI, and was awarded first place in the International Book Awards in 2023. My mission is to empower individuals and organizations to be more data literate and data-driven. By the end of my speeches, you will feel more confident to succeed with the necessary data and AI skills.

Contact www.theenglishsquare.com for speaker bookings.

Jordan Morrow

Lean into your struggles and failure, but don't give up.

In your career, have you been pulled aside or had a meeting where you received hard feedback?  What did you do with it?  

I have had it.  Early in my career, maybe less than 2 months after finishing my undergraduate degree, I was pulled aside and essentially told shape up or I would need to be moved.

What did I do?  Did I quit, sulk, what?  Now, in those moments, you can feel sad and worried, don't chase those emotions away, but what you do next matters.

I went on to be a President's Award winner at this company.  I moved to my next company, won an award again and pioneered data literacy.

Now, a personal example from my days of ultra marathon running illustrates that even in struggles, don't stop.  I was racing the Speedgoat 50k in Utah, one of the toughest 50ks in the world and one of my favorite races, but this time it hit different. 

The race has over 11,000 feet of vertical gain in it and you hit high elevation multiple times in the race.  But, there I was, struggling and, quite possibly, never wanting to quit a race more than I did there.  I was even talking to my wife through text and/or calling.  She and my kids were going to be on one of the peaks spectators could be on.  I didn't quit but maybe hoped to miss a cutoff so I could be done.

But, I didn't.  I kept going.  Then, when I was at the last big summit and made cutoff, things changed on the descent.  If I remember right, I even encouraged someone else as we went down.  

In the end, I didn't quit, I finished.  My watch, if I remember right, estimated a sweat loss of over 21 lbs in that race (don't worry, I was hydrating and drinking during the race).

Now, had I quit, what would my mentality have been, one where I was happy or would I live with regret?  In our careers, we have races where the climbs, the heat, the hydration, and other aspects of the career may make us want to quit... and at times, quitting a company might be the right choice, just like a race if you get injured.  

Now, what did I learn from that race?  My hydration strategy maybe wasn't what it should have been.  What lessons are you learning in your career struggles and what can you do with them?  Don't run from them, run with them.  Take the hard feedback, make a plan, and attack it.  Don't be a victim be one who shapes and owns their career.

Stay nerdy, my friends.

(The pic with me and the goat was before the race, I was happier at that time)

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Amplification and augmentation...is that how you are viewing AI?  If not, you should be. 

AI is a human initiative powered by powerful tech.

In the era of the democratized intelligence the divide isn't between those who can code and those who can’t. It’s between those who use AI to AMPLIFY and AUGMENT their value, and those who are waiting for the "perfect time" to start.

- Amplification vs. Augmentation: Know the Difference

To take your seat at the table, you must understand how you’re using the tools:

Amplification (Doing more of what you do): This is about scale. It’s the HR Manager using Agentic AI to screen 1,000 resumes in seconds while maintaining a "culture-fit" sentiment analysis. It’s taking your existing expertise and giving it a megaphone.

Augmentation (Doing what you couldn’t do before): This is about capability. It’s the person using "vibe coding" to build a custom data dashboard without ever touching Python and iterating to get it right. It’s the logistics lead using multimodal AI to "see" supply chain disruptions before they appear on a spreadsheet.

- For Organizations: Stop Scaling Tools, Start Scaling Skills

Strategy isn't just buying a thousand Copilot licenses. If you want to thrive, your "AI Program" needs to look at the Work OS, not just the software:

Redesign the Workflow, Not Just the Task: Don't just "add AI" to a broken process. Evaluate where human judgment is the bottleneck and where it is the value-add.

Move from "Training" to "Fluency": Data and AI literacy are no longer a workshop; have it be a part of onboarding. Every employee—from Finance to Front Desk—must know how to turn intent into outcome using AI.

Appoint "AI Champions": You need influencers who bridge the gap between the C-Suite's vision and the operational reality of the "99%."

- For Individuals: How to Take Your Seat

Don't wait for a formal training program. The "coding wall" has crumbled.
Be a Domain Expert First: AI is a multiplier. If your expertise is 0, the result is still 0. But, guess what: your expertise isn't 0.  You have expertise.  Amplify and augment it.  Deepen your industry knowledge; let AI multiply.

Master the "Orchestration": In the old world, talent meant "Can you do the work?" In the new world, talent can mean "Can you orchestrate the work?" (Engineered Intelligence = Data + AI + IQ + EQ).

Show, Don't Tell: In 2026, a "Founder" mindset is more valuable than a resume. Build something. Solve a small departmental friction point with an AI agent. Take your seat at the table.

The table is set. The data is ready. The AI is ready. The only thing missing is you.  Sit at the table and partake.

How are you using AI?  The future is there, take the chance to craft and design it, not have it crafted and designed for you.

Stay nerdy and thrive, my friends.

#data #AI #Dataliteracy #AILiteracy

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