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Enabling Data is out
A book about why data and AI keep failing to deliver, and what the organizations that get it right do differently
A Century of Stafford Beer
Celebrating the life and work of one of our greatest thinkers
The Suez Canal Blockage
Notes on Complexity and Progress (Note 1)
Introducing a new post format
Notes on Progress and Complexity
A Metalanguage for Complexity
Designing a new tool to aid in rethinking the main obstacle to progress
The lay person's skepticism of AI's usefulness
Frustration and learnings
The difference between an intended strategy and a realized one
The world is changing fast, and static strategies won't work anymore
Against Universalism in the Study of Progress
Complex challenges require complex solutions
Limits to Growth
Carrying capacity, tragedy of the commons and the role of innovation
The Case for Social Progress
Why economic and technological progress are just not enough
Defining "progress studies"
The need for a new transdisciplinary approach
Complexity vs. scale in data projects
Differences and similarities
The Danger of Pilotitis
Hidden pitfalls of extreme agility
Invest in enabling data projects (while you can)
Don't miss the forest for the trees
Tolerance to Ambiguity
The most important non-technical skill for data people
How productive is your data team?
A simple exercise to assess the current state
Data assets or data liabilities?
A contrarian view on the value of raw data
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