A Random Walk with Snakes and Friends

Keynote presentation at the 2021 Women in Analytics Conference on July 22, 2021. https://womeninanalytics.com/

Theme: As we face problems with more uncertainty, urgency, and data than ever before, how do we empower people to see what’s possible and act?

Transcript

1. A Random Walk with
   Friends and Snakes
   Carol Willing
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2. Uncertainty
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4. It is advisable to look from
   the tide pools to the stars
   and back to the tide pool
   again.
   John Steinbeck
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6. Information is the
   resolution of uncertainty.
   Claude Shannon
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10. Venomous Snakes
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11. Five
    minutes
    for a
    lifetime
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    Failure
    

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    success
    in progress
    Failure
    

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15. Snakes in the Fog
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18. Two Snakes
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24. Flying Snakes
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34. Encourage others to
    imagine the possible.
    Margot Daniels Tyler
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35. Thank you
    Carol Willing
    noteable.io
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    Learn, Build, and Share Openly
    Please say hello and
    share what inspires you.
    

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36. Thank you
    Carol Willing
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    Special thanks to:
    Rehgan and the WIA team
    noteable.io founders and team
    Python community
    PyLadies around the world
    Jupyter team and contributors
    Open Science supporters
    Margot for 30 years of wisdom
    Family and friends
    Those people who I have met on my journeys
    

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