“The genius that was built into Tableau from day one was to connect your data where it lived.”
Key Insights
What are the Fundamental Ways Data Helps You Understand the World? (8:00)
Data is everywhere, but finding out how to use it is a skill that will be increasingly more important as we further understand how to mine data in targeted ways.
“Data is a way to answer and understand your world in a fundamentally different way.”
Why Will A.I. Always Need to be Paired with a Human Perspective? (11:30)
While some tech mavens have heralded the use of A.I. as a sign that humans may soon become redundant, innovators like Mark Nelson believe the opposite. A.I. can give us the answers, but it’s humans who know what questions to ask. The exciting possibilities of A.I. lie in the partnership of humanity and machine learning working together.
“A.I. and machine learning is an amazing tool to make humans more effective. It is not that A.I. is the magic that gives you the answers… these are tools that make humans able to see things they haven’t been able to see before. ”
How Do We Educate More People to Work in Data? (21:00)
“We’ve also sponsored the Data 10 Million Challenge of training 10 million people in the next five years to have data skills. Because every company is looking for those skills, data science analysis, the ability with data.”
How Can Data Make the World a Better Place? (23:00)
Data can answer any question. If given to the right people asking the right questions, it could be used to address any issue, from climate change to racism. Tableau is leading the way – not just with its data, but with its company policy.
“We walk that walk… we have the racial equality data hub. We have our COVID data hub. We have the Tableau foundation that gives away money and software so people who come to work can stay at work… so many of us are here because we see the good that happens in the universe when data can be used for good.”
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About the Guest:
As President and CEO at Tableau, Mark Nelson sets the vision and direction for Tableau, and oversees company strategy, business activities, and operations. Prior to becoming President and CEO, Mark was the Executive Vice President of Product Development for Tableau, leading the global engineering and product teams. Under his leadership, both teams helped the company broaden and deepen its industry-leading analytics platform to support customers globally.
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