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EventsBig 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. Add this event to your calendar
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.
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Moderator Eric Johnson, Bristol-Myers Squibb
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