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Execs vs. data analysts gives us the Analytics Gap

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One insurance company’s chief data scientist is “terrific at what he does,” says his boss, even “brilliant.” The company is lucky to have him. But he never sees the inside of the executive suite.

“He is a quirky, quirky guy,” says the boss, “and he is a super powerful dude in what he’s doing for us.” But upper executives would judge him harshly. “There would be a terrible outcome.”

Let’s call it the Analytics Gap. At least in this company and probably in many others, some of those who interpret the data don’t stick to rigid, unspoken rules of behavior. And those who with the greatest executive authority can’t quite appreciate what these people can tell them.… Read the rest “Execs vs. data analysts gives us the Analytics Gap”

Survey of people who analyze data

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The people who translate raw data into meaning — sometimes titled “data analyst” but often not — are some of the least understood in business and the most valuable. If you’ve read much of Datadoodle, you know that I’m trying to understand them better. Now I’ve launched a survey.

If you play any part in data analysis, please take part in the survey. You may analyze data or you may be a champion of data analysis, or both. You may or may not call yourself a “data analyst.” You may not even do any of this at work, only at home.… Read the rest “Survey of people who analyze data”

New data analysts and teenage love

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Search all the business literature you can and you’ll never find data analysis compared to romantic love. But, hey, why not? Love’s trajectories might hint at what the business world’s newly enabled generation of data analysts can expect.

These data analysts tend to be independent, are often creative and at least partly self-trained. They’re strapped to rockets from Tableau, Lyzasoft, Predixion, and others, tools that are at first deceptively toy-like. Aren’t they analogous to the garden variety teenager? Bothg groups revel in newly discovered tools, while both pursuits are fundamentally social — as Lyzasoft CEO Scott Davis observes about data analysis.… Read the rest “New data analysts and teenage love”