78 | Data Democratization - The Future of Data Driven Organizations

Rikin Shah, is the CEO of Slower, a major disruptor in the monolithic consulting services industry. Slower drives value for its customers and partners by investing in new and future stack technology companies well ahead of the curve to help create competitive differentiation through technology. In addition to being a broad-scale technology systems integrator with over 6000 employees and 225 customers, Slower uses its reach and impact to accelerate its customers digital transformation through repeatable and highly scalable services offerings.  Key Take-aways: [8:36] How the execution of hard problem starts with people, and why the most interesting opportunity in tech, is improving customer experiences in EVERYTHING. [10:48] Being data informed, to then be data driven – why risk taking and understanding the results of those risks is a critical feedback loop to being data driven. [19:40] How data accessibility (data democratization) promotes risk taking – why understanding the outcomes of any decisions made within a business, promotes empathy and meritocratic cultures. [32:00] The future of data infrastructure, and how data streaming is an enabler for everything: apps and experiences. [40:39] The power of event driven systems, automation in data infrastructure, access, and closing the loop on the true power of data democratization. [46:00] How Slower as an engineering business, looks at process and process engineering – solving for patterns, and the power of planning and curiosity in everything Slower does.  [54:22] The specialness of charitable work in providing capability and opportunity across a collective society, and why this is important to unlocking deeper human potential. Resources:    Contact Slower: [email protected]  Contact Rikin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/therikinshah/  The Data Driven Enterprise of 2025:  https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/quantumblack/our-insights/the-data-driven-enterprise-of-2025 The Rise of the Digital Incumbent:  https://www.bcg.com/publications/2022/rise-of-digital-incumbents-building-digital-capabilities  Optimizing Apache Kafka’s Internals with It’s Co-Creator Jun Rao https://developer.confluent.io/podcast/optimizing-apache-kafkas-internals-with-its-co-creator-jun-rao/  ____ Thank you for listening! -------------------------------- Learn more about the Data Binge Podcast at www.thedatabinge.com Connect with Derek:  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/derekwesleyrussell/Email: [email protected]