Using Data Science to save the environment. In case you missed this at the WIDS conference. [30 min]
What is Customer Equity?
from Ambition Data…What is Customer Equity?
Host Allison Hartsoe explains the concept of Customer Centricity and how it relates to Customer Equity. She walks us through the six stages of Digital Maturity, and explains how companies can use their digital data to build revenue and market strength
How Stitch Fix Turned Personal Style into a Data Science Problem
https://hbr.org/2018/05/stitch-fixs-ceo-on-selling-personal-style-to-the-mass-market
So often we focus on the mechanics of building the right algorithms. This article emphasizes the importance of building the right organization — with Data Science reporting directly to the CEO. And how Human and Artificial Intelligence can work together to deliver a more personalized product. I finally found time to start reading the latest issue of HBR…and this article really stands out.
The future of college looks like the future of retail
The Atlantic: Similar to e-commerce firms, online-degree programs are beginning to incorporate elements of an older-school, brick-and-mortar model.
The ROI of Data Analytics
from Ambition Data…An Interview with Big Data Guru Bob Page
We take for granted that we can capture, track, and measure every piece of data in our ecosystem. But legendary big data guru Bob Page takes us back to a time before enterprise-class web analytics was a thing. In part one of this interview, Bob talks about working with large data sets and how Yahoo developed Hadoop, which cracked the code for managing data volume, velocity, and variety. He shares how he has used data to support decision making at Yahoo and eBay, including developing an ROI model to calculate the results of investments in the company’s data program.