Consulting skills for Data Scientists

Peadar Coyle of Channel 4 shares techniques adapted from the worlds of design, consulting, the humanities and the social sciences which improve focus, communication, and results for data science campaigns.

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1. Consulting skills for Consulting skills for Data Scientists Data Scientists Peadar Coyle - Channel 4
2. Big Picture Big Picture Data science that doesn't cause change is useless Design - UX/UI Humanities Rhetoric
3. I'll just analyse more data...
4. Strategy Strategy Buzzword - technical Buzzword - technical people sometimes hate it people sometimes hate it
6. 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 :)
8. We're in the We're in the communication communication business business
10. Some frameworks Some frameworks
11. Scoping: CoNVO Scoping: CoNVO
12. 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
13. General: SPEACS General: SPEACS
15. Search for "Design thinking Stanford"
16. Good books for your consulting/ strategy/ soft skills
17. 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