SCTR7: Data Science and Analytics

Recently I was chastised for being ‘unnecessarily obscure’ for reacting to a specious conclusion by suggesting that it risked ‘conflating correlation with causation’. Guilty as charged!  I apologize:  the expression is quite a mouthful and requires unraveling for those unfamiliar with the nuances of the applied experimental method.  However, I feel passionately that this concept […]

PART OF A SERIES ON ADOPTING ANALYTICS CULTURE: 1 of 7 LINK TO HEADER ARTICLE What does change management have to do with business analytics? Along with feverish interest in business analytics (BA) and ‘Big Data’ has been an interest in how organizations can adopt ‘analytics culture’ to evolve what has been called ‘analytics maturity’ […]

60 Second Book Review: ‘Thinking, Fast and Slow’ by D. KahnemanKahneman, D. 2011. Thinking, Fast and Slow. Farrar, Straus, Giroux. I highly recommend this book to anyone looking for a breath of fresh air and the promise of ‘a new way forward’ for business and commerce. Kahneman, a Nobel laureate in Economics, makes a clear […]