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The Data Shaman Podcast - Quant Mind, Shaman Soul

The Data Shaman Podcast - Quant Mind, Shaman Soul

Written by: Daniele Forni
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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.

© 2026 The Data Shaman Podcast - Quant Mind, Shaman Soul Self-Help Success
Episodes
  • In Conversation with Nalin Pathiranage

    In Conversation with Nalin Pathiranage
    Jul 15 2026

    | A conversation with Nalin Pathiranage on his work and perspective.

    If you want to know more about Daniele Forni, go to www.danieleforni.com

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    20 mins
  • The Brain & Behaviour — Neuroscientist Michael Coleman

    The Brain & Behaviour — Neuroscientist Michael Coleman
    Jul 15 2026

    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.

    If you want to know more about Daniele Forni, go to www.danieleforni.com
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    9 mins
  • Coaching Journeys: Philosophy, Self-Management & the Human Capital Crisis — Michael Baptista

    Coaching Journeys: Philosophy, Self-Management & the Human Capital Crisis — Michael Baptista
    Jul 15 2026

    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 firm in London, Michael saw first-hand the financial and human cost of people problems — the "human capital crisis" that drew him to coaching. He's refreshingly sceptical that "leadership" is one universal thing, argues the defining challenge of our era is the management of the self and of attention rather than leadership per se, and makes the case that we're in the middle of a shift from a written to an oral culture more transformational than AI. He reads Aristotle and David Hume over the Stoics ("I have a daughter, and if someone tells me that if something happens to her I should not suffer because I should not be attached — I find that nonsense"), offers a three-part take on Jordan Peterson, and shares the coaching insight that changed him: some people find their balance in the middle, others by living at both extremes.

    If you want to know more about Daniele Forni, go to www.danieleforni.com
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    28 mins
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