I’m always fascinated by efforts to measure happiness and well-being. Interesting new program at Harvard dedicated to “flourishing” and they even have a new flourish measure to boot!
Investing in your Customers with MIT’s Michael Schrage
What is the one question you should be asking your customers that will completely change the way you think about your business? Similar in power to Levitt’s famous “What business are you in?” question, this new question, “The Ask” will revolutionize the way you think about customers and their value. Author Michael Schrage, a Research Fellow at the MIT Center for Digital Business, explains what “The Ask” is and, why is it so powerful? Along the way he shares examples from Apple, Dyson, McDonalds, the pharmaceutical industry and more who have reaped the benefits of how organizations can and should create value.
Very timely read on how to make an investment in Analytics pay off.
https://hbr.org/2018/01/how-one-company-made-its-analytics-investment-pay-off
Adobe video on Flow Diagrams
…I had to pull one of these together on short notice. This video is a great refresher on creating a flow diagram in Workspace.
https://youtu.be/3R1HTM7y_RM
Friday…time to explore Google Dataset Search
…Friday afternoon…time to explore the new(ish) Google Dataset search…more to come.
https://toolbox.google.com/datasetsearch