Philosophy and data seem two completely disparate fields. Philosophy works with all possible types of input, while in analytics we are limited to the data relevant to our business.
Philosophy and data seem two completely disparate fields. Philosophy works with all possible types of input, while in analytics we are limited to the data relevant to our business.
In implementing a data strategy, we need the right balance between the top-down and the bottom-up approach to try and have the advantages of both, mitigating the disadvantages as much as possible.
In implementing a data strategy, we need the right balance between the top-down and the bottom-up approach to try and have the advantages of both, mitigating the disadvantages as much as possible.
Kant had the insight to not start from the objects in the world to examine how an observer gains knowledge about them, but the other way around.
Kant had the insight to not start from the objects in the world to examine how an observer gains knowledge about them, but the other way around.
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The better you understand jargon and background of the different people you talk to, the better you can explain things and get on the same page when decisions must be taken.
The better you understand jargon and background of the different people you talk to, the better you can explain things and get on the same page when decisions must be taken.
The pure logical and numbers driven way to approach your business will always fall short, you need to complement it with emotion and storytelling to drive decisions in a certain context.
The pure logical and numbers driven way to approach your business will always fall short, you need to complement it with emotion and storytelling to drive decisions in a certain context.
Even though we experience our world and ourselves as continuously changing, Western metaphysics has long been obsessed with describing reality as an assembly of static individuals.
Even though we experience our world and ourselves as continuously changing, Western metaphysics has long been obsessed with describing reality as an assembly of static individuals.
Applying Rawls' veil of ignorance to data projects you could guard the principles of fairness and equality
Applying Rawls' veil of ignorance to data projects you could guard the principles of fairness and equality
Start using data to retrain yourself to interpret the signals you're capturing about your business
Start using data to retrain yourself to interpret the signals you're capturing about your business
Although philosophy and data at first sight seem very different, looking from philosophy to data can prove to be insightful and inspiring.
Although philosophy and data at first sight seem very different, looking from philosophy to data can prove to be insightful and inspiring.
In ‘The Path’ - a book on ancient Chinese philosophy by Harvard professor Michael Puett, I was struck by two opposing worldviews that have their counterparts in two different ways of thinking about business.
In ‘The Path’ - a book on ancient Chinese philosophy by Harvard professor Michael Puett, I was struck by two opposing worldviews that have their counterparts in two different ways of thinking about business.
