O'Reilly on Data

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

Principles for ethical data handling (and human experimentation in general) always stress "informed consent"; Nissenbaum’s discussion about context suggests that informed consent is less about usage than about data flow. What might that responsibility mean? We now understand that's naive. Save everything” invites troublesome data flows.

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Advertising Insurance Experimentation Strategy 246

O'Reilly on Data

APRIL 4, 2024

Reid Hoffman called this pattern “ blitzscaling ,” claiming in the subtitle of his book with that name that it is “The Lightning-Fast Path to Building Massively Valuable Companies.” The risk of these deals is, again, that a few centrally chosen winners will quickly emerge, meaning there’s a shorter and less robust period of experimentation.

Marketing 237

Marketing Finance Modeling Experimentation 237

Occam's Razor

APRIL 8, 2013

This thought was in my mind as I was reading Lean Analytics a new book by my friend Alistair Croll and his collaborator Benjamin Yoskovitz. They preserve almost all original intent, but if you read the book, or see the cycle elsewhere, please don''t be surprised to see a slightly different version. KPI: Property bookings.

Metrics 157

Metrics KPI Analytics Key Performance Indicator 157

CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 4, 2022

The early days of the pandemic taught organizations like Avery Dennison the power of agility and experimentation. I started booking lots of meetings. Employee crowdsourcing can yield breakthrough ideas. The DICE team initiated 31 experiments, with 37% of those scaling to production on completion. .

Experimentation 133

Experimentation Interactive Business Objectives Manufacturing 133

Smart Data Collective

DECEMBER 24, 2020

Students who want to throw their books away may want to hold off because machine learning cannot provide a high grade every single time. Machine learning remains highly experimental and much of its functionality remains in the development stages. This makes it incapable of producing something from nothing. Conclusion.

Machine Learning 122

Machine Learning Experimentation Software Reporting 122

CIO Business Intelligence

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

In his classic book Code Complete , Steve McConnell describes the WIMP (Why Isn’t Mark Programming) principle. It refers to the phenomenon of a coding leader (an Army colonel in the book’s example) wondering why the programmers don’t appear to be working. . Passion and space to innovate.

Software 131

Software Experimentation Measurement Marketing 131

O'Reilly on Data

MARCH 23, 2023

It has helped to write a book. The world is full of uncreative boilerplate content that humans have to write: catalog entries, financial reports, back covers for books (I’ve written more than a few), and so on. And some of these things are mind blowing. Content creation Most of what’s written about ChatGPT focuses on content creation.

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IT Modeling Testing Risk 348

Occam's Razor

JUNE 6, 2011

You can't have free versions or free education or books on the subject matter. There are books galore. So in addition to becoming good at Omniture, Google Analytics, Baidu Analytics , pick one other tool from the Experimentation, Voice of Customer, Competitive Intelligence buckets of Web Analytics 2.0. Buy two books.

Analytics 126

Analytics Consulting Statistics Marketing 126

Perceptual Edge

APRIL 9, 2019

I spend a great deal of time reading books. The new book, How Attention Works: Finding Your Way in a World Full of Distraction , by Stefan van der Stigchel, definitely qualifies as extraordinary. Stigchel is a professor in the Department of Experimental Psychology at Utrecht University in the Netherlands.

Visualization 75

Visualization Experimentation Advertising Management 75

Data Science 101

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

I started with basic and C++, learning from books and online resources. If I had more room for experimentation though, I’d definitely give svelte and solidjs a try. My first paid job in college was working on a Ruby on Rails app and I’ve pretty much professionally been doing web-related work ever since.

Experimentation 116

Experimentation Testing Technology IT 116

DataKitchen

OCTOBER 5, 2021

DataOps enables: Rapid experimentation and innovation for the fastest delivery of new insights to customers. Read out Free E-book: The DataOps Cookbook. Also, our Second Free E-book: Recipes for DataOps Success. What is DataOps. Low error rates. Collaboration across complex sets of people, technology and environments.

Testing 152

Testing Dashboards Measurement Experimentation 152

Sisense

MARCH 6, 2019

This is why I liked that James Richardson, Sr Director Analyst at Gartner, chose to share a slide with the titles of the three books written by one of my favorite authors – Yuval Noah Harari. I was very happy to see that the first key message – “Data Driven” – was subtitled with “Adopt an Experimental Mindset”.

Data Analytics 75

Data Analytics Analytics Experimentation Data-driven 75

Data Science 101

JANUARY 15, 2020

We all are familiar with experiments , we read about them in books or newspapers. Some pitfalls of this type of experimentation include: Suppose an experiment is performed to observe the relationship between the snack habit of a person while watching TV. Bias can cause a huge error in experimentation results so we need to avoid them.

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Experimentation Statistics Measurement Testing 96

CIO Business Intelligence

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Here, in an extract from his book, AI for Business: A practical guide for business leaders to extract value from Artificial Intelligence , Peter Verster, founder of Northell Partners, a UK data and AI solutions consultancy, explains four of them. But some common characteristics are central to AI transformation success.

Experimentation 126

Experimentation Cost-Benefit Digital Transformation Risk 126

CIO Business Intelligence

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Prioritize time for experimentation. I prefer to talk about changes in direction or strategies that don’t work,” instead of thinking an experiment or project has failed if it doesn’t work the way you thought it would, says Lorraine Marchand, author of the new book, The Innovation Mindset: Eight Essential Steps To Transform Any Industry.

Experimentation 133

Experimentation Consulting Technology Machine Learning 133

CIO Business Intelligence

AUGUST 4, 2023

For instance, the IRCTC online booking portal came into India well before tech giants like Amazon and was responsible for many of the mainframes that started the planning and scheduling of trains. What are some unique data and cybersecurity challenges when helming such a vast locomotion technology company?

IoT 98

IoT Manufacturing Experimentation Internet of Things 98

DataRobot Blog

JANUARY 17, 2023

order books, flows, expectations, positioning). As discussed, we massively accelerate that process of experimentation. For price discovery (e.g., TRACE, Asian bond market reporting, ECNs’ trade history) as well as a clear set of more liquid assets which can be used as predictors (e.g., prices) isn’t enough.

Machine Learning 87

Machine Learning Marketing Experimentation Data-driven 87

Sisense

JANUARY 21, 2020

As an example, I’ll present a case from The Book of Why by Judea Pearl. If you don’t have the time to read “The Book of Why,’” you can refer to Towards Data Science. Another study showed using experimental studies that the paradox might occur, and that people are often poor at recognizing it. See Kievit, Rogier, et al. ).

Testing 104

Testing Data-driven Risk Statistics 104

CIO Business Intelligence

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

By adopting a lean startup approach, organizations can balance experimentation with risk mitigation. As Daniel Pink predicted in his book “ A Whole New Mind ,” right-brain thinkers will take over the world. Don’t let that lead what you’re doing, and fail as early as possible, learn from it, manage the risks along the way.

IT 122

IT Risk Risk Management Predictive Modeling 122

Occam's Razor

SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

Great website for booking rooms and all that. In the right nav you''ll see two discreet sections with my books and my start up Market Motive. There are three posts out of 283 about my book, and just five that mention Market Motive. and there are no limits to your experimentation with creativity!

Marketing Analytics 156

Marketing Analytics Marketing Visualization Analytics 156

Occam's Razor

OCTOBER 12, 2017

The tiny downside of this is that our parents likely never had to invest as much in constant education, experimentation and self-driven investment in core skills. It is still on the books, and places extraordinary power in the President of the US to do what they want to people who might not look like "Americans."

Marketing 138

Marketing Analytics Machine Learning Strategy 138

Occam's Razor

NOVEMBER 5, 2007

Every solid web decision making program (call it Web Analytics or Web Metrics or Web Insights or Customer Intelligence or whatever) in a company will need to solve for the Five Pillars: ClickStream, Multiple Outcomes, Experimentation & Testing, Voice of Customer and Competitive Intelligence. Like this post?

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Analytics Experimentation Metrics Measurement 98

Cloudera

OCTOBER 8, 2020

She’s the New York Times bestselling author of six books, including her newest release, The Disruption Mindset: Why Some Businesses Transform While Others Fail. A disruptive mindset creates an environment that embraces constant experimentation and change. She also serves on the regional board for YPO, a global network of CEOs.

Digital Transformation 106

Digital Transformation Unstructured Data Experimentation Uncertainty 106

Data Science 101

OCTOBER 15, 2023

That’s going to use the various existing computing technology in and around the experimentation of this new capability. The timescale of deep tech is always so I’d urge anyone curious about a career in quantum computing to read @drchrisferrie ’s perfectly titled (and hilarious) book. What can you say about the book you are writing?

Risk 107

Risk Marketing Consulting Technology 107

Occam's Razor

JUNE 6, 2007

I am thrilled to say that my book Web Analytics: An Hour A Day has been published and is now widely available. It has been such an amazing journey to write the book, and for it to come up almost exactly a year after I started this blog. Damini, Chirag and now the book! :). Part One: The book (my side of the story, details).

Analytics 60

Analytics Metrics Marketing Dashboards 60

CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Hyatt’s experimental mindset and listen-first approach are heavily applied to IT’s pursuit of innovation, he says. “My overarching priority is ensuring my team’s work is grounded in listening and finding ways for technology to create property-level flexibility and enable organizational growth through innovation,’’ Hewitt says.

Strategy 137

Strategy Technology Experimentation Testing 137

CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 18, 2023

In his book The Coming Wave: Technology, Power, and the Twenty-First Century’s Greatest Dilemma , Mustafa Suleyman, co-founder of DeepMind (owned by Google) and now CEO of Inflection AI, warns about the combination of more advanced generative AI with synthetic biology.

Risk 141

Risk Manufacturing Enterprise Technology 141

DataRobot Blog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Organizations are no longer satisfied with “experimental” AI, they want AI implemented in business processes that drive results at scale. Use this link to book a 1:1 meeting with the DataRobot team onsite. Book a 1:1 Meeting with the DataRobot Team at Big Data & AI Paris. Book a Meeting.

Big Data 52

Big Data Insurance Experimentation Data Science 52

Occam's Razor

DECEMBER 9, 2009

This is a topic I cover in my new book, Web Analytics 2.0. I share in the book that the best model in the universe for an analytics team is a hybrid, something I call Centralized Decentralization. Chapter 14: HiPPOs, Ninjas, and the Masses: Creating a Data-Driven Culture. Pantene and Tide win but P&G as a whole still gets screwed.

Analytics 95

Analytics Data-driven Marketing Sales 95

IBM Big Data Hub

MAY 9, 2023

It is well known that Artificial Intelligence (AI) has progressed, moving past the era of experimentation to become business critical for many organizations. Read the AI governance e-book The post Bring light to the black box appeared first on IBM Blog.

Metadata 71

Metadata Risk Experimentation Dashboards 71

CIO Business Intelligence

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Rogers: This is one of two fundamental challenges of corporate innovation — managing innovation under high uncertainty and managing innovation far from the core — that I have studied in my work advising companies and try to tackle in my new book The Digital Transformation Roadmap. They should rather manage through experimentation.

Digital Transformation 130

Digital Transformation Uncertainty Testing Enterprise 130

Ontotext

MAY 18, 2020

Ever since Hippocrates founded his school of medicine in ancient Greece some 2,500 years ago, writes Hannah Fry in her book Hello World: Being Human in the Age of Algorithms , what has been fundamental to healthcare (as she calls it “the fight to keep us healthy”) was observation, experimentation and the analysis of data.

Knowledge Discovery 72

Knowledge Discovery Experimentation Data-driven Metadata 72

Occam's Razor

FEBRUARY 26, 2008

1: Implement a Experimentation & Testing Program. # 1: Implement a Experimentation & Testing Program. Experimentation and Testing: A Primer. Build A Great Web Experimentation & Testing Program. # Senior Managers are biased towards themselves, but they bow to customer data and competitive opportunities.

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Management Experimentation Testing Metrics 68

Domino Data Lab

AUGUST 22, 2019

Many thanks to Addison-Wesley Professional for providing the permissions to excerpt “Natural Language Processing” from the book, Deep Learning Illustrated by Krohn , Beyleveld , and Bassens. a book) into a list of discrete elements of language (e.g., and 2.6) [ in the book]. Introduction. Tokenization.

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Mark Raskino

AUGUST 30, 2017

Next time you have a truly breakthrough digital business idea in front of you, and you are wondering whether it’s yet safe to risk the money, brand capital and personal reputations on an experimental foray into an unknown future, take second look at your map of the world. Maybe that’s the best place to make it work.

Testing 53

Testing Experimentation Uncertainty Risk 53

Occam's Razor

AUGUST 23, 2010

Why comes from lab usability studies , website surveys , "follow me home" exercises, experimentation & testing , and other such delightful endeavors. then you'll also find an "extended edition" on the CD that is attached to the back cover of the book.]. It is simple, effective and quite expansive.

Analytics 116

Analytics Cost-Benefit Testing Optimization 116

Occam's Razor

AUGUST 13, 2012

There are 19,276 books on org design on Amazon right now, so you can imagine how difficult it is to answer your question in just a few words. This is not a pitch but if you are interested my book Web Analytics 2.0, I mean, we read blog posts, books, go to conferences and consume great WA content.

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