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The Data-Informed Manifesto
Would you rather run blindly off a cliff, armed with a spreadsheet full of hard-earned but deeply flawed data, unaware that the cliff is even there, or thoughtfully navigate it with appropriately uncertainty-modulated mental models, with the unknown front-and-center in the form of a tarot card, and dashboards of live, accurate, but known-to-be-limi... See more
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The data informs and influences us, but we choose based on the totality of our experience
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How is it even possible to maintain a data-driven approach to a world that simply does not make sense?
This is the future of work skill, which no one wants to talk about: Knowing when to look beyond the data, because only human intuition, leaps of logic, and sense-making can come to ‘an’ answer. (Note: Not ‘the’ answer... that’s another trapping of
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believe in the ability of data and technology to change the rules of business. I suspect you have the same characteristics.
Thomas H. Davenport • Big Data at Work: Dispelling the Myths, Uncovering the Opportunities
The terms “data-informed” or “data-aware” are sometimes used to avoid the implication that a single source of data (e.g., a controlled experiment) “drives” the decisions
Ya Xu • Trustworthy Online Controlled Experiments: A Practical Guide to A/B Testing
Lean Analytics: Use Data to Build a Better Startup Faster (Lean (O'Reilly))
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