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Are you a policy fashion victim?
I’m a big fan of Nassim Taleb but clearly he’s no fan of the likes of me. My one saving grace? I do deadlift, 127.5kg for 6 reps, Mr Taleb. He’s never heard of me, but he knows my type. I’m a … Continue reading
How to be fooled by randomness
This is a roulette wheel. It is a machine for producing numbers between 0 and 36. Sometimes it produces a 7… Then sometimes it produces a 13… If a 7 is produced on one spin and a 13 on the … Continue reading
Posted in data, leadership, systems thinking
Tagged Data, measures, nassim taleb, variation
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The house that looks like Hitler
Remember the house that looks like Hitler? Course you do, it’s a house that looks like Hitler. What’s to forget? There’s loads of things that look like faces. There is the tampon machine that just loves checkin’ the ladies out… … Continue reading
Posted in human brains are weird, information, psychology, statistics, systems thinking
Tagged Data, nassim taleb, signal and noise
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Why scorecards are as dangerous as Michael Jackson’s personal doctor
Let me take you back to an experiment that took place in 1930s New York….. No matter how many times a child was presented to a doctor, there was a 50% chance that they would be prescibed a tonsilectomy…even if … Continue reading
On the internet nobody knows you are a Policy Officer
A few months ago I got an email from Seth Godin, world famous internet man. This week Nassim Taleb, sent me a tweet, the guy who predicted the 2008 economic crash. I am a Policy Expert nobody, and Seth and … Continue reading
Posted in systems thinking, thinking
Tagged blogging, blogs, internet, leaders, nassim taleb, Seth Godin, twitter
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Is Big Data a pile of cack?
80% of conclusions drawn from Big Data are incorrect.[link] The UK government is investing £64 million in Big Data. [link] I was fooled by Big Data, you don’t have to be. Here is my story. Years ago I worked in an … Continue reading
Posted in command and control, data, learning, statistics, systems thinking
Tagged big data, nassim taleb
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How to be Topp
“You don’t eat to be “the best” taster the world, don’t take a stroll to be “the best” stroller in the world, don’t push buttons in an elevator to be the best button pusher in the world. So if you … Continue reading
