Humans – The Weak Link in your ML / AI Strategy?
In many cases, machine learning needs to be deployed to augment human decision making, not automate it. What are you doing to account for this dependency on the success of your data product?
Data Science, Machine Learning, AI
A UI Design Audit of MITRE’s Covid-19 Decision Support Dashboard
I performed a rapid UI/UX and data visualization audit on the MITRE Covid-19 Healthcare Coalition Decision Support Dashboard. Watch it here, and see my recommended design changes the team should make.
$1M spent on a predictive model/data science w/ $0 value and no user engagement?
How to avoid spending 6-8 months on a technically right, effectively wrong model. Are you successful with ML if nobody uses your solution, model, or application?
(6) Ways to Sanitize Your Data Product, Dashboard Visuals or Analytics due to Covid-19
Covid-19 presents a major disruption to our lives and businesses. However, sanitizing your hands isn’t the only thing you data leaders need to be considering. Your data product, dashboards, or UI may also need to be cleaned up. No hard-to-find Clorox wipes needed; just some good design thinking centered around your customers.
Technically Right, Effectively Wrong: Why 85% Data Science Projects Fail
It takes more than math and technical skills to develop simple, useful, and usable decision support solutions. It starts with problem clarity, customer empathy and…
10 human reasons your data product or solution may fail
It takes more than math and technical skills to develop simple, useful, and usable decision support solutions. It starts with problem clarity, customer empathy and…
Should a vision for a new AI or data product be inspired by existing data…or not?
How should we be innovating in AI? Work backwards from in-shape data? Or start with a vision for how we’ll create value for the customer or organization?
Metrics toilet? Or indispensable data product?
You got the data. Your model rocks. Your analytics are impressive. But, do customers see indispensable decision support….or a metrics toilet?
How to tell when poor UI/UX in a ML/AI application, analytics solution, or data product is impacting customer value
Today I want to tell you why your ugly, clunky, hard-to-use data/AI product or analytics solution should scare you. But first, you, your boss, your customer, your stakeholder—somebody—has to pass that judgement on it. They probably have, but don’t expect it to necessarily come out in the words you may expect. Just as most designers (in … Read more
How to become unemployed as a data leader
One trend in analytics and data science I am hearing from the top thought leaders in this space is that (finally!) companies are realizing that the biggest opportunities for data that lay before us is in the pursuit of new products or enhancing existing ones, as apposed to solely focusing on incremental operational improvements. Gartner’s … Read more