Ep 44: Building Business Resilience Through Better Data with Davis DeRodes
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January 5, 2026 · 49 min · Season 1 · Episode 44
About this episode
This episode explores how better data can enhance business resilience, featuring insights from Davis DeRodes on practical steps for organizations.
In this episode, Kate vanderVoort, CEO, AI Success Lab, sits down with Davis DeRodes, Head of Data Science Innovation at Fusion Risk Management, for a clear and practical look at the role data plays in business resilience. Davis has a rare gift for breaking down technical concepts, helping leaders understand how better data, smarter systems and simple planning can protect organisations from disruption. Davis explains why resilience is no longer just an enterprise issue and shares tangible steps small to medium businesses can take right now to prepare for the rapid change AI is bringing. They talk about AI-generated scenarios, data simulations, model transparency, synthetic data, employee-facing agents and how organisations can approach data in ways that set them up for long-term stability. This episode is perfect for leaders who want a grounded understanding of how data supports smart decisions, resilient systems and confident use of AI.
People in this episode
Host: Kate vanderVoort
Guest: Davis DeRodes
Topics covered
- business resilience
- data science
- AI impact
- small business strategy
- data management
Keywords
- business resilience
- data science
- AI
- small businesses
- data management
- disruption
- planning
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: AI Success Lab, Fusion Risk Management
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