Opinions and ramblings on tech, analytics, and the human domain.
Hi there, friends! It's been a while since I've posted anything here, so I'm jumping back in with a few collections of discussions, thoughts, and insights, starting with my own foray into remote work. I've finished three months of remote work for the Army now - back in May, my family and I jumped from …
Continue reading "Remote Work Thoughts and Insights :: First Three Months"
I've been prodded by mentors and colleagues to get a number of different topics I've been working on out of the pure tech discussion forums and into more mainstream publications. I think getting an interview published in Forbes is a pretty good step in that direction! Read the full interview here!
Everyone who knows me knows I'm ridiculously excited about attending this year's Disney Data and Analytics Conference #ddac2019 and even though it has only just kicked off, I'm already learning SO much. Pretty sure my brain will explode at the end of Day 1. But one of the things I have been most impressed with …
Continue reading "Gamification :: Cracking the Code on Data Collection in Conferences"
As I make the rounds speaking to the leadership in my organization, many have concerns about the state of our analytic capability. I have heard many times that "we don't have predictive capability." When I've dug into this comment, I find that 1) it isn't true, and 2) predictive capability isn't what the speaker was …
Continue reading "Descriptive, Predictive, Prescriptive :: Breaking Down Data Analytics"
If you're working in government, in the DC area, and looking to integrate more data science and advanced analytics into your industry, you should check out Data Driven Government on September 25th! DDG is a one day symposium (with a couple adjacent days of workshops available) to share best practices and techniques that advance the …
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Before you can work on developing a concept for use, you first have to get down your terms of reference. Here's a basic primer on AI!
Back when I was an assistant professor of systems engineering, attending and presenting in conferences wasn't just an assumption, it was an expectation. You were going to go present. You were going to publish. It was just a part of your professional growth. Now that I'm far more practitioner than academic, my supervisors tend to …
Continue reading "Conferencing :: Why You Should Get Out There and Present"
It's been fascinating watching Amazon preparing Crystal City - ahem, National Landing - for it's new HQ2 complex. Promising a workspace for 25,000 people, almost as many as work within the Pentagon itself, the company has a lot of work to do. And no, not just building a new building. Because when you bring 25,000 …
Continue reading "People Moving :: Data Analytics and City Mobility"
Before I start delving too deeply into some of these topics and some of my ideas for using them to upgrade your human resources programs {among other things, but people analytics is my favorite subject}, I want to lay down some foundations and make sure we're all talking about the same thing. This is also …
Continue reading "Terms of Reference :: What is Data Science?"
One of the things you'll learn if you join me on any of my social media platforms is that I'm a runner. Okay, I'm not a runner, per se, but I run. I give absolutely zero damns that I'm not fast, that I will never set any records, and that I'm pretty unlikely to place …
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