How many times since you woke up today have you heard the following words:
Big Data
ML or Machine Learning
AI or Artificial Intelligence
Algorithm
Data Science
Digital Revolution or Digitalization
Tranformation
etc etc.
Buzz words are labels
In recent months, I have been very often puzzled with the dilemma: are these just "buzz words" or are we aware of the deeper implications of their meanings?
Indeed, cloud-based computing power is allowing for a deeper understanding of the environment around us "disguised" through data signals. But can anything and everything be addressed through a combination of those words?
To go deeper, I personally took on the task of wanting to learn more and be able to separate wheat from chaff.
Keep learning to overcome the shadows of ignorance
I embarked on my first online Specialization: Executive Data Management, offered by Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health via the Coursera Platform.
The intense course staged in 5 different units delivered by Proffs Peng Leek and Caffo, focused on deeply understanding how a data driven project should be developed. From choosing the right team members and organization layout to addressing real life cases such as the limits of tools to collect relevant data, we were finally exposed to a Zillow based project.
This is only the first step of a process to really understand how to leverage data and drive true growth.
Grow by exploring beyond the box
Beside the tasks and assignments, by summarizing my takeaways I can project novel ways to engage.
Online courses are great if you are really motivated
it personally became additive,
pushing me to stay up late
researching more, reading more
exposing my ignorance to the tests.
The use of ML/AI in your discourse does not make it more interesting in my views
Not all the data is useful
do not rely on data to fill the voids of your vision....they will stay empty!
Share what you want to do with data more than the tools you will use.
My ways of expressing data relative topics has drastically changed
Big data can become a liability more than a strength
Data without vision is fuzziness not intelligence
An algorithm is a tool that allows your teams to accomplish specific tasks.
γνῶθι σεαυτόν (know thyself)
As living beings we constantly generate data points which can describe our behaviors.
As a matter of fact, we are the generators of those data sets.
Being mindful of such power, we can study, investigate, learn and innovate without needing a buzz word to label us.
