S1 E9 | You Don’t Need the Latest Stack. You Need Better Questions. Episode with Rushil Daya & Kris Peeters
Jul 4, 2025
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Kris Peeters & Rushil Daya - The Data Playbook Podcast
Learn to build high-performing data teams with agile practices, strong leadership, CI/CD, testing, mentoring, and collaboration.
In this episode of The Data Playbook, we explore what it really takes to build high-performance data teams.
Host Kris Peeters is joined by Rushil Daya, Senior Data Engineer at Dataminded, who shares practical lessons from years of **leading successful data team**s across industries. They discuss:
🔍 Topics covered:
The link between data success and business value
How mentoring beats documentation when upskilling teams
Why testing and CI/CD matter more than flashy tools
What makes stakeholder communication essential
Why Agile is nothing without real feedback loops
🎙 Hosted by Kris Peeters
👥 With Rushil Daya, Dataminded
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