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1005: People Skills for Analytical Thinkers, with Bestselling Author Gilbert Eijkelenboom

aired Jun 30, 2026 · 70.0m
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Summary

Today's guest was a professional poker player who read his opponents entirely through data, never their faces, and is here to explain why the people side of data science and other technical disciplines might actually matter more than the math. Today's guest, Hilbert Eichlenbaum, is an absolute delight who emanates practical guidance for all of us technical folks who would like to make a bigger impact in our organizat

Why listen

It goes beyond the title with direct discussion of it's, people, like, including: Welcome to episode 1005 of the Super Data Science Podcast.

Key takeaways
  1. 01Gilbert wrote the best-selling book People Skills for Analytical Thinkers, and he runs a firm called MindSpeaking that has trained over 15,000 people
  2. 02and i think your story your narrative there at least if it is true that you did once struggle with communication then you prove that kind of interpersonal skills are something uh y
  3. 03No matter how good your analysis or no matter how good your model, if you're a data scientist, only if people use it, it's valuable, right?
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