consulting skills for data scientists

Consulting skills forConsulting skills forData ScientistsData Scientists

Peadar Coyle - Channel 4

Big PictureBig Picture

Data science that doesn't cause change is uselessDesign - UX/UIHumanitiesRhetoric

I'll just analyse more data...

StrategyStrategyBuzzword - technicalBuzzword - technical

people sometimes hate itpeople sometimes hate it

But strategy mattersBut strategy mattersYour company needs a dataYour company needs a data

strategy - a roadmapstrategy - a roadmapTechnical professionals should inform such documents :)

We're in theWe're in thecommunicationcommunication

businessbusiness

Some frameworks Some frameworks

Scoping: CoNVOScoping: CoNVO

Context - what is the businessContext - what is the businesscontext and model?context and model?

Need - what is the businessNeed - what is the businessneed?need?

Vision - What would aVision - What would asolution look likesolution look like

Outcome - Training, SVPOutcome - Training, SVPapproval, etcapproval, etc

General: SPEACSGeneral: SPEACS

Search for "Design thinking Stanford"

Good books for your consulting/ strategy/ soft skills

LinksLinks

Applied AI blog post on delivering value throughoutthe analytical process

My blog post on Consulting Skills for Data Scientists

Thinking with Data book

http://blog.applied.ai/delivering-value-throughout-the-analytical-process/

http://bit.ly/consulting_data_sci

http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920029182.do

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