"The Data Playbook" podcast
🎙️ The Data Playbook is a podcast where we aim to build a playbook for data leaders. We do that through a series of interviews with other data leaders, data practitioners and data experts. In each episode, we break down real-world data challenges: from building modern architectures and embracing Data Mesh to navigating cloud sovereignty, we help you make smarter decisions one play at a time.
Recent episodes:
S2 E2 | Federated Data Governance in Banking: How ABN AMRO Scaled from 300 Data Owners to 15 Data Domains
How ABN AMRO scaled data governance from 300 owners to 15 domains with a federated model that balances control and autonomy.
S2 E1 | Live from the POA Summit: Simon Harrer on Data Contracts, AI, and the Next Phase of Data Mesh
Simon Harrer shares how data contracts, AI, and MCPs redefine data products and governance in the new era of Data Mesh.
S1 E12 | RADAR by publiq: How AI is Reshaping Cultural Discovery, Without Compromising Privacy
How Publiq uses AI and LLMs in RADAR to enrich cultural data and deliver smarter, privacy-first event recommendations.
S1 E11 | The Art of the Data Platform: Reducing Cognitive Load and Driving Adoption with Jelle De Vleminck
Lessons, mistakes & trends in building data platforms devs love, insights from Jelle De Vleminck for data leaders.
S1 E10 | AI Innovation That Delivers: How to Align Strategy, Adoption, and Business Value with Joris Renkens
How can companies truly innovate with AI? Joris Renkens shares practical lessons on strategy, adoption, and building the right teams.
S1 E9 | You Don’t Need the Latest Stack. You Need Better Questions. Episode with Rushil Daya & Kris Peeters
Learn to build high-performing data teams with agile practices, strong leadership, CI/CD, testing, mentoring, and collaboration.
S1 E8 | What It Really Takes to Build a Data-Centric Organization, with Jonny Daenen & Kris Peeters
What does it take to build truly data-centric organizations?This episode goes beyond tools and dashboards to uncover lasting value.
S1 E7 | A Deep Dive into SQLMesh: Structured Query Validation and Safe Pipeline Testing with Michiel De Muynck
Michiel De Muynck explores SQLMesh: semantic layer, virtual data environments, and unit testing for SQL-based analytics.
S1 E6 | Data Mesh Live: How to make it successful in organisations, with Jacek Majchrzak & Andrew Jones
Can Data Mesh solve your data bottlenecks? Join us to learn how Data Mesh tackles decentralization and scalability challenges.
S1 E5 | Data Modeling: Why should I care? Unveiling the Sense and Nonsense with Jonas De Keuster
Explore the sense & nonsense of data modeling with Jonas De Keuster (VaultSpeed) on automation, integration & best practices.
S1 E4 | From On-Prem to Cloud (Again): How a Government Agency Made the Big Bang Work
A government client moved back to the cloud. Standardization made a 14h Big Bang migration secure, seamless and practically invisible.
S1 E3 | Building Sustainable Data Products that actually get used
Discover how sustainable data products drive real impact, lasting value, and better business decisions—without unnecessary complexity.
S1 E2 | What Not to Build with AI: Avoiding the New Technical Debt in Data-Driven Organizations
Why AI acceleration can backfire: lessons on digital sprawl, governance trade-offs, and building what truly matters in data-driven teams.
S1 E1 | Building Data Architecture from Scratch: Cloud, Data Mesh, and the Real-World Tradeoffs
Cloud vs on-prem, US tech risks, data mesh, team dynamics & the hidden costs behind “modern” data platforms—hard truths for data leaders.