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Big Data - Little Thinking?

SDP Sponsor Free Webinar
25 Oct, 2017 | 8:00 am PT / 11:00 am ET
Speaker: Pat Leach, Independent Strategy Consultant
Moderator:Eric Johnson, Bristol-Myers Squibb

Abstract:
The advent of Big Data has been a boon for many areas of research and business. However, there are concerns. First, being inundated with massive amounts of data - much of which is irrelevant - can make meaningful analysis more difficult (Nassim Taleb has famously said, “Big data may mean more information, but it also means more false information.”). Second, relying on automated data analysis systems changes human behavior in unanticipated ways. And third, there are pitfalls to avoid when taking a Big Data approach to analysis.
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Dates
Oct 25, 2017
08:00 AM - 09:00 AM
Contact
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Speaker

Pat Leach, Independent Strategic Consultant
 
Pat Leach has over thirty years of experience in industry and consulting. He joined Decision Strategies Inc. in 2004, and was CEO of the company from August of 2011 through July of 2016. He now works as an independent strategy consultant. Pat is the author of Why Can't You Just Give Me the Number? - An executive's guide to using probabilistic thinking to manage risk and to make better decisions, which is now out in its Second Edition. He is a Charter Fellow in the SDP, and holds memberships in the SPE, the International Society of Sustainability Professionals, and INFORMS. . 
 

Moderator

Eric Johnson, Bristol-Myers Squibb

Eric Johnson is an experienced decision professional with PhD training in decision analysis who has served multiple industries, from the inside and as a consultant. He has a PhD in Management Science and Engineering from Stanford, with a focus in DA. In his first jobs, he used DA approaches to support tactical and strategic decisions at electric utilities. He then worked in DA consultancies, serving clients in pharmaceuticals and oil and gas. In these roles, he developed and rolled out decision analytic approaches to finding value, for use by himself and others. This work led to $100s of millions of value added, and being honored as best DA project by the DA Society of INFORMS in 2001. He now works at Bristol-Myers Squibb, helping teams formulate excellent drug development strategies. He co-authored the Handbook of Decision Analysis from a practitioner's point of view, discussing both the hard and soft skill of DA practice, using both single- and multiple-objective approaches. He is a past Secretary, past Board member and Fellow of the SDP.

 

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