We talk about data constantly and understand it poorly. Not technically but culturally. Alf Rehn wrote about this recently. Data is “recorded difference fixed for operational use. ” Tree rings, cuneiform tablets, your postcode, your browsing history, the gap where your medical record should be. That last one is the point. The gap is also… Read More Data Is a Decision
I was really interested in the findings from a report which was looking at the uses of AI by different age groups across the APAC (Asia-Pacific) area. The report was first mentioned in an article in a HR magazine in Feedly with a few links. I followed them all but none took me to the… Read More Hiding resources
I got a marketing email the other day which offered me the chance to win one of three prizes. They’re of good value – £250 – and at first sight seem to be a no-brainer to complete their survey. When I started the survey I was – unsurprisingly – being asked for complete details of… Read More Price of data
I rewatched the film Don’t Look Up the other week. The film is a American political satire black comedy which tells the story of two astronomers attempting to warn humanity about an approaching comet that will destroy human civilization. The impact event is an allegory for climate change, and the film is a satire of… Read More Don’t Look Up
Looking at data around the effectiveness of learning, I’m always drawn to the point where people are asked how they felt the training/learning/event was and are asked to score it on a simple 1-6, or worse, 1-5 scale. How can you say what something is like when you don’t have a comparator? We could be… Read More How’s that?