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Another reason why most HR data are bad data

Organisations should actively concern themselves with network-centric questions. Here is a simple primer on organizational network analysis.
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Why Sydney’s transport apps took years, not days

This month’s Australian Journal of Public Administration publishes research by Andrew Botros on digital government, open data, and open innovation.
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How Einstein persuaded the world: a masterclass

You may not know that it took Einstein 14 years to become known the world over. If you’re involved in the communication of science or engineering, here are key lessons to be learnt.
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Introducing Alan Turing, with three degrees of separation

By all means go and see The Imitation Game, but make time to read more about one of the most important minds of modernity. There are good lessons to be learnt about innovation, design and collaboration.
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The one thing to fear in data-driven decision making

You create models of the world using the tiny amount of data you’ve collected and seen, but if the model you’ve created doesn’t fit the real world well, it’s useless.
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It’s not too late for engineers to be great statisticians

Engineers should have the breadth of skill, from mathematics to computing to domain expertise to communication, to make outstanding statisticians.
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In review: HBR’s Persuading with Data

The Harvard Business Review has published a series of blogs on the subject "Persuading with Data". Here I survey the series by piecing together quotations from the blogs.
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Big data pitfalls for engineers from the Financial Times

Software developers can easily run their programs on thousands or even millions of test files from their archives, but the opportunities provided by large datasets can be elusive.
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Good Design™ marks for Nucleus CR110 Remote Assistant Fitting (left) and the Nucleus CR120 Intraoperative Remote Assistant (right).

My decade of design at Cochlear

The Australian International Design Awards gave Remote Assistant Fitting and the Intraoperative Remote Assistant its Good Design™ mark. Expressive Engineering was involved in much of it.
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In review: HBR’s Visualizing Data

The Harvard Business Review has published a series of blogs on the subject "Visualizing Data". Here I survey the series by piecing together quotations from the blogs.
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