Christine Haskell, Ph.D.'s Blog, page 8

You get an author's box!

I read somewhere that over 80% of adults want to write a book, but only 3% ever get to 'The End' of a draft. That means that 97% of people who want to write a book never finish.

Stats like that make accomplishments like getting my “author’s box” of books all the more rewarding.

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4 Perspectives to drive effective data translation

When driving data projects, you will encounter business stakeholder challenges that often go unspoken. This is not always because people hold back but because they don't fully know how to vocalize their constraints.

If they can't directly address their requirement, chances are we can't either. To hear others' speech, we start by asking questions from different perspectives.

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Data Trend: From Spreadsheets to Algorithms

The transition from traditional spreadsheets to sophisticated data management and analysis algorithms represents a significant evolution that has revolutionized how bus...

Who is pacing this race?

Image Credit: Wanda Tuerlinckx , Humanoids

Since the launch of Open AI and Co-pilot, we have been talking about th...

Machine, My Coworker

Image Credit: (European Parliment) This illustration of artificial intelligence has in fact been generated by AI.

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Data Projects: Tips and Challenges

As we continue to drive data projects, familiar challenges begin to present themselves. By observing, we can become better diagnosticians of systemic issues. Learn what...

Countdown: Book Excerpt Chapter 4

Here is an excerpt from my forthcoming book, ‘Driving Data Projects: A Comprehensive Guide, set to release on February 26th, 2024.

👉 The U.S., CAN, and UK pre-order lin...

Resistance mitigation strategies

Change management wouldn’t be so hard if it weren’t for…the people. Open issues or objections left unresolved today cost time down the road. Suppose work starts before these concerns are mitigated. Stakeholders might get frustrated or begin to hold back their participation. Work produced might have difficulty getting implemented. Buy-in realizes impact.

There are three angles to consider. Addressing stakeholder resistance, achieving consensus on how deliverables are revised, and ensuring bi-direc...

Countdown: Book Excerpt Chapter 3

Here is an excerpt from my forthcoming book, ‘Driving Data Projects: A Comprehensive Guide, set to release on February 26th, 2024.

👉 The U.S., CAN, and UK pre-order lin...

Real Learning

Peter Senge, in The Fifth Discipline, says:

Real learning gets to the heart of what it means to be human. Through learning we recreate ourselves. Through learning we become able to do something we never were able to do. Through learning we re-perceive the world and our rela...