Tag: Analysis
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Knowing where to make the mark
When something isn’t working right, you can spend a lot of time changing out parts of a process. You can continually run around, adjusting standards and methods, and hope for improved results. Or, you can study the system. Learn how the parts go together, what inputs drive the outputs, and identify why they don’t. Once…
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Études sur le Vin
“In the fields of observation, chance favors only the prepared mind.”-Louis Pasteur (1822-1895) Today, innovators live in a “Eureka!” culture. They sell the story that ideas appear as visions out of thin air, just waiting for the chosen few to grab them and change the world. The reality of innovation is nothing like that at…
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The Power of Vision
Every year at the PFMI, I teach a class about data. It’s a scripted show honed over almost a decade’s worth of learning and experience of working with data. If a student walks out with anything, I want it to be this: Data analysis starts with questions, not data. You can take any data set…
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Segal’s Law
The above quote is a slightly modified version of “Segal’s Law”: A man with a watch knows what time it is. A man with two watches is never sure. The quote itself traces back to the The San Diego Union newspaper, initially publishing the quote as a humorous joke. From there, it bounces around through various newspapers, and in…