Consulting skills for Data Scientists

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Consulting skills for Consulting skills for Data Scientists Data Scientists Peadar Coyle - Channel 4

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Big Picture Big Picture Data science that doesn't cause change is useless Design - UX/UI Humanities Rhetoric

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I'll just analyse more data...

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Strategy Strategy Buzzword - technical Buzzword - technical people sometimes hate it people sometimes hate it

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But strategy matters But strategy matters Your company needs a data Your company needs a data strategy - a roadmap strategy - a roadmap Technical professionals should inform such documents :)

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We're in the We're in the communication communication business business

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Some frameworks Some frameworks

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Scoping: CoNVO Scoping: CoNVO

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Context - what is the business Context - what is the business context and model? context and model? Need - what is the business Need - what is the business need? need? Vision - What would a Vision - What would a solution look like solution look like Outcome - Training, SVP Outcome - Training, SVP approval, etc approval, etc

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General: SPEACS General: SPEACS

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Search for "Design thinking Stanford"

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Good books for your consulting/ strategy/ soft skills

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Links Links Applied AI blog post on delivering value throughout the 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 P.S. We're hiring - reach out to me