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You Often Want Your Models To Be Wrong
A few weeks back, I was in a discussion with some analytics executives when one gentleman made a point that sounded odd at first. He suggested that in many cases we actually want the predictions we make with our models to be wrong, not right. After hearing his explanation, however,
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Closing the Growing Gap in Analytics Capability and Effective Use - A Blog Series
This is first in a series of blogs in which I will try to support closing a gap between the analytics that are possible and the business use of those analytics in reality. This yawning gap has been growing for a while and it’s not good. This first blog is
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Research & Advisory Network: November Trending Topics
Welcome to the trending topics update! IIA is in the fortunate position of working with some of the most influential Fortune 1000 analytics teams. On a daily basis we partner with these teams to accelerate the progress on their most pressing projects and initiatives. Collectively, we’ve worked with these analytics
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November: Best of the Web
Here is a roundup of interesting sites, resources and articles from around the web, curated by IIA. This month’s edition includes great articles on machine learning, modern data analytics platforms, building a data-driven culture and data literacy. Follow us on Twitter (@iianalytics) and LinkedIn to receive daily updates on IIA
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Be Better Prepared Against A Data Breach - Create A Data Strategy
IIA recently published a free eBook and longer research brief (note: the brief is only available to IIA clients) on Creating a Data Strategy; included is a 10-step framework that provides organizations insight into what’s needed to build a comprehensive plan that will address the critical questions of how to
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Struggling With Data Literacy? That’s Great News!
Less than two years ago, data literacy was not something I heard many people in the business world talking about. Recently, it is something that comes up in more conversations than not. In this post, I’ll address a few misconceptions about data literacy and then make the case that while
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December: Best of the Web
Here is a roundup of interesting sites, resources and articles from around the web, curated by IIA. This month’s edition includes great articles DataOps, analytics talent, organizing data teams and how digital native companies approach analytics. Follow us on Twitter (@iianalytics) and LinkedIn to receive daily updates on IIA content
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A Wise Crowd: Good Questions and (Hopefully) Good Answers to our 2021 Predictions and Priorities Webinar
Thanks to all who joined IIA’s annual Prediction and Priorities led by Bill Franks with co-panelists, Kathleen Maley, Eric Siegal and Drew Smith. If you’d like to give it another, or a first look, please go here to register for the recorded version. As is always the case in our
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Data Science Governance – Don’t Reinvent The Wheel
As data science processes continue to become operationalized and embedded within business processes, the importance of governing those processes continues to rise. While governance has been a major focus for many years when it comes to managing data, governance focused on data science processes is still far less mature. That
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Don't Believe The Hype
The second in a blog series: “Closing the Growing Gap in Analytics Capability and Effective Use” Cautious Optimist or Happy Cynic – Important Roles for Analytics Leaders to Close the Analytics Gap Since analytics leaders live at the nexus of data, tech, and business they are often the best suited