At the heart of any behaviour change or habit formation is discipline. Whether you want to improve your health, master a skill, manage your time better, or start and run a business, it all comes down to your discipline. I recently listened to an interview with entrepreneur Steven Bartlett (link) by Chris Williamson, where he […]
As a data analyst, one of the satisfaction I get from my work is to see the analytics results get utilized and that decisions are made based on my work. From talking with other data scientists, this however is not always the case. As also pointed by a recent study with data scientists at a […]
According to the 2018 Index of Economic Freedom, released by the Heritage Foundation, the world is moderately free. The Index, which was launched in 1995, evaluates nations on 12 aspects that affect economic freedom. These are grouped into four broad policy areas; 1) Rule of law (property rights, judicial effectiveness, and government integrity); 2) Government size (tax […]
A few weeks ago, my colleagues and I published a book titled “Continuous Experimentation Cookbook: An introduction to systematic experimentation for software-intensive businesses”. The book is a result of several years of work within the Empirical Software Engineering research group and with software development teams in medium and large companies that were part of the Need […]
Having been working with in the area of data and text analysis, and experiment-driven software development for a couple of years now, combined with my occasional enjoyment of well-made TV shows, I naturally found myself listening to Sebastian Wernicke’s TED talk to the finish. The talk is about using data to make (smart) decisions. I […]