“This was the ugly part of the stats-vs.-tradition debate in baseball: Rather than a conversation about the best way to make baseball decisions, it had become an argument, in which it increasingly felt as if the purpose was to score…
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Book Report: The Only Rule Is It Has To Work
Tagged with: analysis, analytics, availability heuristic, base rate fallacy, baseball, Ben Lindbergh, Bill James, clustering illusion, cognitive bias, confirmation bias, Dan Deeth, Dunning-Kruger effect, focalism, Kurt Russell, sabermetrics, Sam Miller, Sonoma Stompers, The Battered Bastards of Baseball, The Only Rule Is It Has To Work, The Tragically Hip, tradition
Posted in Books, Everything, Leadership, Management, Math and Science, Sports
Posted in Books, Everything, Leadership, Management, Math and Science, Sports
A Morning with Deloitte: TMT Predictions 2018
On the recommendation of my former colleague Dan Deeth, I spent this morning down at the Tannery listening to Deloitte’s Duncan Stewart (@dunstewart) prognosticate on Technology, Media, and Telecommunications. Dan was unable to attend, as he was in Barcelona this…
Tagged with: 5G, AlphaGo, artificial intelligence, ASIC, augmented reality, automation, Dan Deeth, data reduction, DeepMind, Deloitte, Duncan Stewart, electric vehicles, Elon Musk, FPGA, Gartner, Global Internet Phenomena, Google, Hype Cycle, hyperloop, machine learning, media, Mobile World Congress, model interpretability, Pokemon Go, prediction, prognostication, self-driving cars, smart cities, smartphones, technology, technophobia, telecom, WaveNet, Weapons of Math Destruction
Posted in Everything, Math and Science
Posted in Everything, Math and Science
What’s Your Problem? A talk by Larry Smith.
“If the machines are doing the routine work, then humans must do the non-routine work. To be an innovator, you need to talk about unsolved, important problems.” – University of Waterloo Professor, Larry Smith Last night I joined two former colleagues,…
Tagged with: AlphaGo, automation, Dan Deeth, Don Bowman, economics, entrepreneurship, innovation, JK Rowling, Larry Smith, machine learning, marketing automation, Moravec's Paradox, Problem Lab, problem solving, problems, Steve Jobs, Tim Ferriss, University of Waterloo, Velocity, Walt Disney
Posted in Careers, Leadership
Posted in Careers, Leadership
Book Report: Brainiac
“Game shows, like trivia, also offer a tidier alternative to life in that they reward nothing but skill and talent. In a world where the wrong people are forever getting ahead because of robber-baron ruthlessness, or accidents of birth, or coincidences…
Tagged with: A. J. Jacobs, Brainiac, commonplace book, Dan Deeth, Genius Bowl, Jeopardy!, Jesse Ariss, Ken Jennings, Korinna, Matt Duench, meritocracy, School Reach, The Know-it-All, The Price is Right, trivia, Trivial Pursuit, University of Waterlo, Wicked Bible
Posted in Books, Everything
Posted in Books, Everything
Strategic Marketing: An Introduction to Brand Journalism with Anthony Reinhart
“Brand journalism is storytelling meant to draw readers to a company’s field of expertise, without laying on the hard sell.” – Ira Basen Today’s Strategic Marketing Peer-to-Peer session was presented by Anthony (Tony) Reinhart. He’s Director, Editorial Strategy at Communitech,…
Tagged with: brand journalism, Communitech, content marketing, Dan Deeth, Global Internet Phenomena, Ira Basen, storytelling, Strategic Marketing P2P, thought leadership, Tony Reinhart
Posted in Marketing
Posted in Marketing
Panelizing: Marketing Metrics and ROI
This morning, along with Cam Davies and Heather Hennessy, I was on a panel discussing marketing metrics and return on investment. This session was with the Strategic Marketing P2P group hosted by Communitech. We each had 15ish minutes to present our thoughts…
Tagged with: Cam Davies, Communitech, Dan Deeth, Desire2Learn, fear of failure, Global Internet Phenomena, Heather Hennessy, lead generation, Lee Brooks, metrics, Miovision, mistakes, objectives, panels, ROI, SEO, Strategic Marketing P2P
Posted in Marketing
Posted in Marketing
How I made an impact
I turned and asked, “What do you think I can work on that will truly make an impact?” In the summer of 2008, I was sharing a cab in Las Vegas with one of our Sales VPs, as we both…
Tagged with: Dan Deeth, gap analysis, Global Internet Phenomena, impact, Internet, Lee Brooks, Netflix, Sandvine
Posted in Careers, Leadership, Marketing
Posted in Careers, Leadership, Marketing
Social Networking for Professionals (for Academics)
A little over a month ago I received an email from my friend Stacey: “We are looking for a speaker for our biomechanics graduate seminar to speak on social networking in a professional setting and/or internet presence for researchers in…
Tagged with: biomechanics, Dan Deeth, Facebook, Google Plus, Johnny Lee, Lee Brooks, LinkedIn, Meetup, presentations, public speaking, social media, social networking, Stacey Acker, Twitter, University of Waterloo
Posted in Careers, Everything, Marketing
Posted in Careers, Everything, Marketing
Lessons in data-driven public relations
Yesterday I attended a Communitech session within the PR & Communications P2P group; Dan Deeth, a friend and colleague of mine, shared his insight into data-driven public relations. And Dan knows a thing or two about the subject: he’s a regular…
Tagged with: analytics, Communitech, Dan Deeth, Global Internet Phenomena, Internet, media relations, public relations, reputations, Sandvine, thought leadership
Posted in Marketing
Posted in Marketing
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