from data to wisdom
Navigating how data is present in life, business and other realms, and making sense of it all
from data to wisdom
People say data is the new oil… but if left untreated, it's just a heavy and viscous thing, with little use and short expiration date.
we need to remind people that there is another side to the story: businesses wish to offer different ways to get products or services, some more data-driven than others, and it is first and foremost up to them to make an assessment as to which business models can work. Users should not be advocating circumvention measures - they should be urging re
... See morePeter Craddock • Op-Ed: "Pay or Data" Has Its Reasons - Even if You Disagree
Data has an annoying way of conforming itself to support whatever point of view we want it to support.
Clayton M. Christensen • Competing Against Luck: The Story of Innovation and Customer Choice
... See moreIt's all a judgment call. Every human decision is a gut decision. The decision itself is the messy integration of many disparate pieces of information, experiences, instincts, stories, and unknowns.
Data may inform, but as long as a human is making the decision, it's ultimately a judgment call. If you're just going by the data, then you're confirmin
