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09: Ben Morley-John: Brain food

https://smarterdatapeople.com/episode-player/434/ben-morley-john.mp3

Ben Morley-John is a major force in Smash Delta. Here’s his linked in profile.  Here’s Smash Delta’s site and their beautiful research on Smart Cities.

In this episode Ben and I cover:

  • how Smash Delta blends capability to make integration faster (and which capabilities they think are important)
  • the key elements for a great data scientist
  • why ego is catastrophic in this industry
  • why he’s not that excited about conferences anymore and what he thinks needs to happen to make it better
  • the problems of consultants on their high horses, using impenetrable jargon and creating complexity (and how to get over it) 
  • Ben’s brain hack: Genius Foods
  • the best way to learn fast, get respect and cut through the crap quickly

Ben Morley-John’s interesting side links

Definition of inimitable: so good or unusual as to be impossible to copy; unique

Ben sits on the board for Hope for Sydney , which helps people find places to volunteer: go check it out.

Here’s Heal the World, the Michael Jackson song we allude to:

TV shows

  • Seinfeld
  • Friends
  • The Good Place (and the Good Place podcast)
  • The Handmaid’s Tale
  • Big Little Lies
  • Stranger Things
  • 30 Rock
  • Arrested Development

Keeping up

  • The inverted pyramid and my version of it: the Complex Insights Explainer Tool. Liz Moore talks about this in her podcast.
  • Genius Foods: Become Smarter, Happier, And More Productive, While Protecting Your Brain Health For Life 
  • Dataclysm: Love, Sex, Race, and Identity–What Our Online Lives Tell Us about Our Offline Selves
  • Australian Financial Review (AFR)
  • The Daily
  • Hacker News
  • Tech Crunch
  • Stephen Colbert’s Late Show 
  • Michael Barbaro New York Times Podcast

Posted On January 17, 2019

Posted By Cindy Tonkin

Posted In Season 2

Tagged learning professional development questions

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