I hate to be the bearer of bad news….but your data project is going to fail. Maybe not the one you’re working on today. Maybe not the one you’re starting next month. Heck, maybe not the one you don’t even know about yet…but at some point in the future – if you stay in the data world … Read more
In a recent speech, John Costello, former president of Dunkin Donuts, is reported to have said “Big data is not a strategy…”. Well…let me say that big data isn’t the answer. I wish I had said that sometime in the past few years. I think I’ve similar things but I haven’t come right out and said those … Read more
How many of you would go sky diving without learning all the necessary precautions and safety measures necessary to keep you alive? How many of you would let your kid drive your car without first teaching them the basics of driving? While not as life-and-death as the above questions, data preparation is just as important to … Read more
You’ve collected tons of data. You’ve got terabytes and terabytes of data. You are happy because you’ve got data. But, what are you going to do with that data?You’ll analyze it of course. But how are you going to analyze it and what are you going to do with that analysis? How does data analytics come … Read more
I just finished reading an article over on Fast Company titled “How Designers Are Helping HIV Researchers Find A Vaccine.” The story related in this article is a perfect example of what ‘good’ data science looks like. The data scientists and designers worked together to build a platform that made it easy for anyone to dive … Read more
I spend a lot of time talking to companies about big data and data science. Many conversations are with people at the CxO level (CEO’s, COO’s, CFO’s, etc etc) and usually revolve around basic discussions of big data and data analytics. One of the things that has surprised me a little from these discussions … Read more