The Data Shaman Podcast - Quant Mind, Shaman Soul
Quant Mind. Shaman Soul.
I spent 15 years in banking before I finally said the two words that changed everything: f*ck it. I quit. Now I'm an executive coach, a recovering risk manager, and someone who genuinely believes most people are quietly waiting for permission to want more than the life they've settled into.
This podcast is where we say the quiet part out loud.
I'm Daniele Forni, and The Data Shaman is my space to explore the gap between who we are inside and who we perform at work, and what happens when we finally close it. It's part honest conversation, part field guide, and always real. No gurus, no highlight reels, just people telling the truth about their lives and their work.
In Season 1, I sat down with coaches to unpack how transformation actually happens. What really shifts when someone changes, how the best coaches think, and the messy, human work behind helping people grow. You can listen to it now!
Upcoming is Season 2, titled F*ck it, I Quit. It's about the moment people stop pretending and walk away from the safe job, the safe career, the safe identity, and what they build on the other side. Through my own story and candid conversations with people who leapt before they felt ready, every episode is a small dose of courage for anyone wondering, is this really it?
If you've ever felt the crack between your outside life and your inside one, you're in the right place. Spreadsheets and soul. Pull up a chair.
Hit subscribe and transform the way you look at your potential.
The Data Shaman Podcast - Quant Mind, Shaman Soul
Latest Episodes
In Conversation with Nalin Pathiranage
| A conversation with Nalin Pathiranage on his work and perspective. If you want to know more about Daniele Forni, go to www.danieleforni.com
The Brain & Behaviour — Neuroscientist Michael Coleman
Neuroscientist Michael Coleman joins the show for a conversation on the brain and human behaviour, and what the science means for how we work and lead.
Coaching Journeys: Philosophy, Self-Management & the Human Capital Crisis — Michael Baptista
Former investment banker and venture capital founder Michael Baptista joins Daniele for Coaching Journeys: Conversations from Cambridge. After the 1980s in banking, eight years in Hong Kong and Tokyo, and founding his own fintech-focused VC fir...
Coaching Journeys: From 20 Years in Recruitment to Executive Coaching — Neil Telfer
Cambridge-born recruiter Neil Telfer joins Daniele for the Coaching Journeys: Conversations from Cambridge series, tracing his path from two decades in recruitment to training as an executive coach. Neil talks about the "innate feeling" to help...
Conversation with Charlotte Jordan, Executive Coach and Strategic Communications
London-based executive coach Charlotte Jordan — a fellow graduate of Cambridge's Advanced Executive Coaching programme and founder of a strategic communications and advisory consultancy — joins Daniele to explore her move from behaviour-change ...