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Promising data-minded individuals are easy to spot from the distance: curious detailed-oriented thinkers, energized by uncertainty, open to opposed opinions and willing work in team iteratively to produce insightful recommendations, but still with feet on the ground.

The analytics job market is nascent and…

A data-driven culture does not happen overnight. Very deliberate & tangible steps need to be taken to foster a data-oriented culture in the following order:

1) A single source of truth: Data sources in large organizations are often siloed in independent systems. Staff can pull the same metric from different systems and get different numbers. A single…

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Big data analytics raises a number of ethical issues, especially as companies begin monetizing their data externally for purposes different from those for which the data was initially collected. The scale and ease with which analytics can be conducted today completely…

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Promising data-minded individuals are easy to spot from the distance: curious detailed-oriented thinkers, energized by uncertainty, open to opposed opinions and willing work in team iteratively to produce insightful recommendations, but still with feet on the ground. 

The analytics…

Steve Urkel and Urkelbot, whose intelligence doubled every 2 minutes. Image Credit: ABC’s Family Matters

Steve Urkel from the world-famous ABC’s sitcom Family Matters was not a Data Scientist because in the 90’s we did not call them like that. But the nerdy teenage Urkel is no…

…So you finally managed to get the sexiest job in your company but have no clue about how to even get started as Chief Data Analytics Officer.

Don’t worry! The 45th US President was in your shoes before you and he is just doing fine. Just download my 100 Day Plan for Chief Data Analytics Officers. Or click on the…

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When I worked as a McKinsey consultant, I served the CEO of a bank regarding his small business strategy. I wanted to run regressions on the bank's data but I was advised against it: "They don't even understand statistics. How are you going to explain a regression to…

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You are standing on a moss covered rock a short distance from a high waterfall that pours into a deep pond before flowing further downstream. The creek is surrounded by tall trees that provide a high canopy and shade. The air is cool and a gentle breeze…

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World-famous Pyongyang policewomen, who are reportedly picked by North Korea’s Supreme Leader himself, have garnered a cult following and even have a website devoted to them, quite a rarity in the North Asia country. The job is seemingly held in high esteem, with only the best being hired.

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Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) is a wide umbrella of emerging technologies which have the potential to completely transform business and society. Key components include:

• Advanced analytics, which support decision making through predictions and analyses.
• Computer vision, which understands unstructured data like documents, images, videos or biometrics.
• Intelligent dialogue, which involves language interactions…