Tag: data science

A common mistake analysts make, failing to recognise your own bias

As an analyst do you fail to recognise your own bias? Or have you implemented effective coping strategies? Tony Boobier reflects on our biases

September 1, 2021

Top 5 common mistakes made by analysts and how to avoid them. Advice from the hands-on analytics leadership experience of Andy Sutton.

August 12, 2021

Is today’s focus on prediction, rather than explanatory models, weakening the commercial impact of data teams? A challenge from Harry Powell.

April 30, 2021

Part 3 of 3 part series on the subpersonalities of an analyst. How the personas of a Politician, Craftsperson & Athlete help with delivering.

March 26, 2021

Chief Data Scientist, Richard Pugh, explains how data thinking & design thinking can improve on the popular software-first project approach.

March 22, 2021

Harry Powell, Director of Data & Analytics at JLR explains how he calculates the incremental profit his team generates down to an income line

February 24, 2021

Why you Analytics team needs a measure of their ROI. Harry Powell argues for the benefits of profit as the best metric of the value-added.

January 28, 2021

Practical advice so you don’t drown your unicorn (data science or analytics) as demand grows within your business, from Harry Powell (JLR).

January 18, 2021

Should your data & analytics capability have a market valuation of over $1bn? Harry Powell shares why you may have a unicorn in your attic.

January 13, 2021

Chief Data Scientist Richard Pugh shares why every data project is a software project and vice versa. Plus the value of focussing on both.

December 15, 2020

6 tips to help if you’re searching for a Data Science job right now. From the personal experience of Tim Johnson, job hunting in a pandemic.

December 5, 2020

Explaining why your Customer Insight or Analytics team needs a purpose, sharing 3 popular themes for such a purpose & how you can get started.

October 5, 2020