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I did a talk in May this year called ‘Restore the balance of data’ at the Data Innovation Summit. It was about sexism and other biases that are implicit in our existing electronic traces (actual and historical data) and my concern because we are using that data as baseline information to create the new prediction Read More …
I’m an eternal learner. There are so many interesting things that time is precious, so when I came accross this MOOC I couldn’t but enroll and check it out. Anything that helps learning stuff while reducing the needed studying time really appeals to me! I’m talking about the online course from Coursera called Learning how Read More …
Two weeks ago was the Data Innovation Summit 2016. I was due to speak using the presentation format of ‘ignite’. For the ones who don’t know this format, it’s a nightmare! Out of joke, it means that slides go automatically at regular intervals (15″ in my case). You cannot stop it, you don’t control the flow… Read More …
This last Tuesday, I lead the ‘Discover Big Data’ workshop at the First European Celebration of Women in Computing. There were many parallel sessions that morning and I received some questions about my presentation from the participants that couldn’t divide themselves to attend this workshop 😉 Welcome to the Big Data workshop, we need women Read More …
Due to last events in Belgium, the terrorist bomb attacks in Zaventem and Brussels, I couldn’t but remember the article from Bloomberg Businessweek talking about pre-crime: ‘China Tries Its Hand at Pre-Crime’. They refer us to the film Minority Report, with Tom Cruise, that takes place in a future society where three mutants foresee all Read More …
As always, Ash Maurya explains in a very clear way what the perspective of investors, customers and competitors are, and how you can pitch to them to get their attention. Click hereunder to read his article The Different Worldviews of a Startup
I would like to share with you this article on the Harvard Business Review. They give excellent advice to ‘make extreme numbers resonate’. They give 3 examples to illustrate their tips: Challenge: Green Mountain sold 18 billion coffee pods in two years. How can you give people a concrete sense of just how many objects Read More …
Dr Travis Bradberry wrote this post in Linkedin some days ago about “Why We Struggle to Communicate”. Communication is the real work of leadership; you simply can’t become a great leader until you are a great communicator.” Yes, communication is critical in leadership, inspiring people and taking into account every member of the team. For Read More …
Scott Magids, Alan Zorfas and Daniel Leemon tell us that research on motivational values is paying off: Our research across hundreds of brands in dozens of categories shows that it’s possible to rigorously measure and strategically target the feelings that drive customers’ behavior. We call them “emotional motivators.” They provide a better gauge of customers’ future Read More …
What began as a community of like-minded people, with nice meetups around data science and get-together’s, is now taking the form of the European Data Innovation Hub. Its mission is to be an active actor in the data innovation ecosystem and to support data professionals throughout Belgium and Europe with networking activities, events, training and Read More …