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Data Voyagers Podcast#22 - The Danger of Trusting NumbersNumbers feel precise. Clean. Objective. They sit on dashboards with confidence, backed by charts, models, and carefully defined metrics. But what if the danger is not bad data, but trusting numbers too easily? What if filters reshape reality, samples distort conclusions, and metrics quietly become targets instead of signals?
Presented by Qlik Partner Ambassador and Qlik MVP Igor Alcantara, and Qlik Partner Ambassador and Qlik Education Ambassador Angelika Klidas, this is the part 2 about the many fallacies in data. This episode explores how selection bias, regression to the mean, KPI worship, and Goodhart’s Law reveal a de...
2026-02-1648 min
Data Voyagers Podcast#21 - Data is NOT the TruthWe live in a time where data is everywhere. We measure everything. We store everything. We visualize everything. And yet, somehow, we still get surprised by outcomes. Projects fail even though the numbers looked good. Decisions backfire even though the dashboards were green. Predictions miss reality even with sophisticated models behind them.
Presented by Qlik Partner Ambassador and Qlik MVP Igor Alcantara, and Qlik Partner Ambassador and Qlik Education Ambassador Angelika Klidas, this is the part 1 of an episode about the many fallacies in data, where the numbers don't tell the whole story.
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2026-01-2748 min
Data Voyagers Podcast#20 - Reflections from the Crew: 2025 in ReviewAs 2025 comes to a close, the Data Voyagers crew comes together for a final, unscripted conversation to reflect on the year behind them. In this season-closing episode, Qlik Partner Ambassadors Igor Alcantara, and Angelika Klidas, are joined by Qlik MVP Mark Costa to look back at how Data Voyagers grew across the podcast, blog, and YouTube, share behind-the-scenes moments, highlight meaningful conversations, and reflect on personal wins, challenges, and lessons learned along the way. It’s a relaxed, honest recap of a year shaped by curiosity, community, and a shared belief in making data more human—before the crew turn...
2025-12-291h 04
Data Voyagers Podcast#19 - A Strategic Look at Data and the Future of AnalyticsIn this insight-packed conversation, Igor Alcantara and Angelika Klidas sit down with Dan Sommer, Qlik’s Senior Director for Global Market Intelligence, to explore how data, analytics, and AI are evolving and what truly matters as organizations navigate this shifting landscape. Dan shares his perspective on the signals shaping the market, the trends worth paying attention to, and how strategy, technology, and decision-making are converging in new ways. It’s a strategic look at where analytics is headed and what the future may hold.
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2025-12-1934 min
Data Voyagers Podcast#18 - Qlik Luminaries: UnfilteredRecorded in Lund, Sweden, the birthplace of Qlik, this special episode of Data Voyagers features an honest and unfiltered conversation with some of the best Qlik customers. In this episode, Qlik Partner Ambassadors Igor Alcantara and Angelika Klidas sit down with Qlik Luminaries Vivienne Parsons (NHS Foundation Trust) and Henri Rufin (Radiall) for an open and unfiltered conversation about analytics, data practice, challenges, use cases, and the evolving role of Qlik. The discussion reflects on what drives their work, how organizations are rethinking data, and the importance of curiosity, clarity, and partnership in shaping modern analytics.
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2025-12-0131 min
Data Voyagers Podcast#17 - Talking Data with Mike CaponeRecorded in Lund, Sweden, the birthplace of Qlik, this special episode of Data Voyagers features an in-depth conversation of our hosts, Igor Alcantara and Angelika Klidas with Qlik CEO Mike Capone. Together, we explore Qlik’s remarkable journey from its Scandinavian origins in 1993 to its present as a global leader in data and AI. Mike reflects on how Qlik’s mission evolved from helping people see the whole story in their data to enabling intelligent, autonomous decision-making across the enterprise. We talk about innovation, culture, the human side of analytics, and what the future holds as Qlik continues to rede...
2025-11-1721 min
Data Voyagers Podcast#16 - Time Series: The Physics of DataTime is the most democratic of all data sources — everyone gets it in the same increments. Second by second, minute by minute, reality unfolds, leaving behind a trail of information: a stock price changing, a heart beating, a sensor blinking, a shopper clicking “buy”.
Each event on its own is nothing. But together, they form a rhythm; a pattern hidden in plain sight. And once you learn to read that rhythm, you can glimpse what’s next.
Welcome to the Data Voyagers Podcast: Navigating the Stories Behind the Numbers.
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2025-11-0357 min
Data Voyagers Podcast#15 - Dashboard Cemetery, Where Good Analytics Go to DieOrganizations all over the world spend millions deploying advanced analytics platforms, convinced that if they just bring in the right technology, transformation will naturally follow. But reality tells us something very different. The best dashboards, built on the most powerful tools, often end up sitting untouched. Expensive shelfware. Why? Because adoption—not access, not licenses, not the number of dashboards delivered—is the true leading indicator of success.
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Presented by Igor Alcantara and Angelika Klidas, in today's episode we are going to talk abou...
2025-10-2043 min
Data Voyagers Podcast#14 - Speaking the Language of Data & AIFor many people, data and AI can feel like a foreign tongue—full of acronyms, technical jargon, and concepts that seem reserved for specialists. But just like any language, fluency is possible when you start with the fundamentals, practice consistently, and embrace the culture behind it.
Welcome to the Data Voyagers Podcast: Navigating the Stories Behind the Numbers.
Presented by Igor Alcantara and Angelika Klidas, today's episode has a very special guest, Priscila Paolinelli, author of a new book that talks about Fluency in Data & AI ""
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2025-09-3034 min
Data Voyagers Podcast#13 - The Rise of the Machine... Learning!Machine Learning isn’t science fiction anymore. It’s not locked away in research labs or reserved for Silicon Valley elites. It’s shaping the ads we see, the music we stream, the fraud alerts on our credit cards, and even the way billion-dollar companies make decisions. But here’s the question… do we really know how it works?
Welcome to the Data Voyagers Podcast: Navigating the Stories Behind the Numbers.
Presented by Igor Alcantara and Angelika Klidas, today's episode is about “Machine Learning.” No, it is the Rage Against the Machine… Learning, it is more The Rise for The...
2025-09-151h 14
Data Voyagers Podcast#12 - Critical Thinking: The Wisdom Beyond the DataWe live in a time where data is everywhere but wisdom is rare. A time where more data is available. But, with all this power, are we thinking better or just… faster? The real challenge of the information age isn’t access to data, it’s knowing how to think with data.
In today's Episode, Igor Alcantara and Angelika Klidas welcome Kevin Hanegan to discuss critical thinking. Critical thinking isn’t just a nice-to-have, it’s the difference between blindly following numbers and truly understanding what they mean. Listen to this episode and check out how Critical Thinking c...
2025-09-0358 min
Data Voyagers Podcast#11 - The Science of Decision-Making and the Algorithm of ChoiceWe make an estimated 35,000 decisions every day. Most of them are small — what to eat, what to wear, whether to read the notification or ignore it. But others? They shape careers, relationships, businesses, the house we live in… our lives.
In today's Episode, Igor Alcantara and Angelika Klidas will talk about decision making. Some decisions are made in milliseconds. Others paralyze us for days. Some we make from the gut, others from a dashboard. But here’s the question: Can decision-making be taught, modeled, and optimized? Listen to this episode and find out.
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2025-08-181h 20
Data Voyagers Podcast#10 - Game Theory: Mission Nash-PossibleWhat do dirty-dish standoffs, tariff negotiations, ride-share fee wars, marriage conflicts, and self-driving cars negotiating a four-way stop have in common? They’re all games, and the stakes are higher than you think. In this episode, Igor Alcantara and Angelika Klidas channel their inner secret agents to reveal how Game Theory turns everyday choices into strategic missions, and how a single tweak to the “rules” can flip winners and losers overnight.
You’ll learn why incentives rule the world, how reputation keeps price wars from turning nuclear, and why a dash of randomness is your best defense against b...
2025-08-041h 02
Data Voyagers Podcast#09 - Qlik It Like a WomanWelcome to a very special episode of Data Voyagers where we get to do something we are genuinely proud of. Let’s take a step back, listen more than talk, and learn from some of the most fearless voices in data. It’s not about stereotypes, not about soft stories, this is about leadership, vision, and bold moves in the world of data and analytics.
In this episode, Igor Alcantara and Angelika Klidas are joined by three incredible women from the Women in Qlik community. These are professionals who are also shaping the future of data, mentoring othe...
2025-07-1650 min
Data Voyagers Podcast#08 - Statistical Thinking: The Hidden Clues Behind the NumbersStatistical thinking is not just about numbers. It’s about understanding variation, uncertainty, and how to reason from evidence. In this episode, we borrow the mindset of Sherlock Holmes to uncover how statistical thinking helps us find hidden clues in data, make better decisions, and avoid being fooled by randomness.
In this episode, Igor Alcantara and Angelika Klidas explore the concepts, traps, and paradoxes of data and show you how to think and look at data not as an analyst but as a detective.
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2025-07-0244 min
Data Voyagers Podcast#07 - Prompt me if you can, the Generative AI episodeGenerative AI is everywhere in our lives now. Tools like OpenAI ChatGPT, Antropic Claude, Perplexity, Gemini, Sora, Midjourney and others allow people to become much more productive. However, there is always a risk, for society, for your job and, of course, for yourself. Understanding how something works equips with better to know how to responsibly use it and to be ready to what comes next.
In this episode, Igor Alcantara and Angelika Klidas take you behind the scenes of generative AI, from the GANs and transformers that started it all to the diffusion models crafting images step...
2025-06-161h 05
Data Voyagers Podcast#06 - Language Centric AnalyticsExperts say that History as we know it starts when humans invent a written form of communication. Everything before is called prehistoric for that reason. However, a lot happen before the first cave person lay its hand covered with paint made from blood and plants in a wall. We formed small societies thousands of years ago and a way to keep every bigger groups together was through communication.
We use language for almost everything we do, and we have doing so for a long time. Language is the most natural form to interact to one another and...
2025-06-0432 min
Data Voyagers Podcast#05 - Back to the Future of Analytics and AIGreat Scott, Marty, where we're going we don't need roads, we need Analytics!
Recorded live from Qlik Connect 2025, the hosts Igor Alcantara and Angelika Klidas are joined by Gwen Stamp, associate director at Raymond James, and Malcolm Ross, Head of Products for Data Analytics and AI at Qlik. Together, they discuss the main takeaways of Qlik Connect, what is the future of Analytics and AI, what are the main challenges and much more. At the end, they play a game where each participant needs to vote is something is a Trend or just a Hype, from artificial...
2025-05-2032 min
Data Voyagers Podcast#04 - Behind the Curtain of Qlik ConnectYou're not in Kansas anymore, Dorothy, you're in Florida!
With Qlik Connect just around the corner, hosts Igor Alcantara and Angelika Klidas pull back the curtain on what it really takes to bring a major data conference to life. Joined by a very special guest and one of the key minds behind the event, Jeannine Boot, this episode explores the planning, the chaos, the customer perspective, and the behind-the-scenes magic that makes Qlik Connect feel like the Emerald City of analytics. Consider this your all-access pass… before the doors even open.
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2025-05-0638 min
Data Voyagers Podcast#03 - Artificial Intelligence: The Fast and the CuriousBuckle up, Data Explorers! In Episode 3 of the Data Voyagers Podcast, Navigating the Stories Behind the Numbers, hosts Igor Alcantara and Angelika Klidas
shifts into high gear as we break down Artificial Intelligence with the curiosity of a lifelong learner and the speed of a turbocharged algorithm.
We’re not here for the hype or the sci-fi drama. We're here to answer one thing, fast and furiously: What is AI, really?
In this episode, we take you on a ride across: What AI actually is (and isn’t), a quick spin through the hist...
2025-04-2348 min
Data Voyagers Podcast#02 - Breaking DataIn Episode 2 of the Data Voyagers Podcast, Navigating the Stories Behind the Numbers, hosts Igor Alcantara and Angelika Klidas explore of the most fundamental questions in the world of analytics: What is data? This episode explores how raw facts become information, how information evolves into knowledge, and how context changes everything.
Join us on a storytelling journey through the history of data—from cave paintings and Mesopotamian clay tablets to punch cards, spreadsheets, and the explosion of Big Data and AI. We also challenge our own assumptions in the fun interactive segment "Is It Data or Not?"
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2025-04-1646 min
Data Voyagers Podcast#01 - The Journey BeginsWelcome to the inaugural episode of Data Voyagers Podcast, Navigating the Stories Behind the Numbers, where hosts Igor Alcantara and Angelika Klidas share the personal and professional moments that have defined their journeys in the world of data and AI.
Hear firsthand accounts of our beginnings, from academic roots and career milestones to the quirky, fun facts that make us who we are, like Igor’s unique take on hot sauces and Angelika’s passion Rugby. We reflect on the influences that shaped our paths and discuss what should the audience expect from this podcast.
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2025-04-0337 min