Big Data and Confirmation Bias
Tips on overcoming our own foibles and limitations.
Tag: Attempted Humor
Yahoo’s New Exec-Retention Strategy: Free Cookies
Marissa Mayer’s audacious new plan to keep top talent from departing.
Who or Whom? As a Matter of Fact, Grammar Does Matter
It’s hard to argue with the benefits of speaking clearly, simply, and correctly.
A Note to Panelists: It’s Not Your Stage
Thoughts on the art of shutting up.
Suggestions Wanted: Which Buzzwords Irk You the Most?
Collecting data on the worst offenders for a future poll.
New Rule: No More Urgent E-Mails
A look at this contradiction in terms.
Book Review: Dataclysm
Thoughts on Christian Rudder’s text. Two words: Buy it.
Dilbert and Big Data
A few funnies on the use–er, misuse–of data in the office.
On Big Data, Numbskulls, and False Knowledge
Channeling my inner George Bernard Shaw.
Netflix, Big Data, and the Big Leap of Faith
What will you find in your massive datasets?
My New Book
Analytics: The Agile Way—my eighth book—is out.
Featured Talk: How to Create a Culture of Analytics
A 50-minute talk about Big Data and what we can learn from Amazon, Facebook, Netflix, and Google.
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