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I think its pulling togetehr something tangible today that everyone can contribute to throughout the org

connect with business users, use-case and how they will use the results in their day-to-day lives

Bob Donnelly

Access, be it from home computers, of where people want to experiment.

John Furrier

I think that sandboxes (cloud) must be available to experiment with different technologies - maker culture meets app dev

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keeping it creative, while focusing on business-relevant outcomes

@drbobcsc Absolutely. Speaks to what Radhika was saying about better toosl and access. Totally agree.

That builds the basic principles for people to grow from, something that impacts our customers end-users

John Furrier

have an horizontally integrated focus - meaning integrated stack development - legacy tech is mostly vertical

Cultural acceptance and data availability

I agree. Business relevant outcomes.

John Furrier

Developers need a "software factory" environment (aka cloud)

@DoroGosling you can't really focus creativity, just reap what seems better usable

@khzellman Culturally Accepting that 90% of the time I'm abysmal at statistics, the other 20 I'm average

Steve Erhardt

A place to share tools, building blocks, experiences, successes and failures

Dave

@sorincos @DoroGosling Isn't that what makes a great tool? Like the iPhone, it doesn't get in the way of the user.

Steve Erhardt

Also a desire to help each other and learn from each other so that the whole is much more than just a sum of the parts

@tohavenostyle to not get in the way is actually lots of background work, careful!

Need to remember that there needs to be a delivery with ROI..... data professionals sometimes forget that... in the fun experimentation..

@tohavenostyle agree! that's a great example. And I think that'll be key for big data success. I had my "aha-moment", when I switched from a well known spreadsheet to Tableau.

Adrian Jones

Clear objectives so there is a real purpose

Sankar Vema

we adopted the model of quick viable technology concepts as model for NextGenTech at ATD

Theyaa Matti

A community with people from different disciplines working on the same idea from different point of views. That makes us a great community and everyone learns from everyone

@sorincos I'd disagree with that. As you brainstorm and cook up new stuff, the bits that are relevant - in a business setting - will bubble to the top. Doesn't mean you have to discard all the other ideas, prioritize ones that have the potential to move

@DoroGosling aren't we saying actually the same thing? :-)

@DoroGosling Yes, creative and interactive -- I think.

@sorincos we might well be :-)

Dave

@sorincos Yes, true in many senses. Getting out of the way is a skill many people should practice and a feature many products lack.

Lisa Braun20

We did a report on big data a few years ago, where one of the themes was "let the data lead." Don't go in with pre-set structured queries, but see where the data linkages take you in terms of new insights. Big role for data visualization here. Comments?

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That scares me a bit, though, because these results have to be presented in context.

Visualization as a means of discovery is very very difficult. Visualization works well once the results have been computed. Makes it easier to digest

risk is to get random ghosts

Theyaa Matti

Data visualization is essential, at the end the data, within big data, has to have a nice representation for everyone to consume. I believe tools like D3 will be major players in the near future.

I agree with Jerry - blind data discovery is painful.... sounds like fun... but is not!!

Sue Cronizer

One of the biggest problems now is the amount of data which is overwhelming. Visualization gets you part of the way but its difficult dealing with the amount of data we're seeing now

Steven Melanson

Visualization can be one powerful tool when beginning your EDA for any data intensive project. While it should not be the be-all-end-all, it can definitely give insight into potential problems you may run into during training/testing

Lisa Braun

I may not be stating it accurately, but the idea was to discover and explore new linkages...as applied to criminal investigation, for e.g. Don't know exactly who you're looking for or where the data will lead you.

Letting the data lead can be very valuable depending on the problem. If you enter certain projects with preconceived notions of what you're looking for, you may miss the most salient insights in the data

Steven Melanson

@khzellman Not only could you potentially miss insights but you may even try to force the data to agree with your pre-conceived notions which I think is even more dangerous with dealing with prediction

Dave

The big barrier with visualization (really 2D) is dimensionality. Have to move past these visual interpretation to move beyond the couple axis analysis.

@DataScience_SPM absolutely. can lead to false results, which we both know are worse than no results

our brain is a great visual pattern analyzer, so that'd be a great way to go. Just the caveat of false matches...

Paul Lavicka

My data is really just 'Little Data'... but need that visualization tool to get the analytics out to my target users.

But maybe not, there's more to big data than just sheer volume. I mentioned before that variety and velocity are my personal favs

Jerry Overton16

How do you get an organization to become more data driven?

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Deliver success and broadcast the result. This creates the "Jones" effect..

education leading to a cultural shift

Sukanya Kuppuswamy

I think one good way is to present a technology stack that is lean and easy to use

easy to use is key

great question - first is to be "data full" meaning start playing with the data to do internal R&D then figure out how to wrangle it and harness it

at the risk of sounding like a broken record, Actually pick something small, that shows results (usually in $ terms, cost take out etc) then build the trust taht youre not just "mucking about with data"

@RadhikaAtEmcien Matches my experience too. People have to see how this stuff can be used. They need examples.

We also have to be context aware, for many customers uploading business created data (regardless of what) to any analytics/Cloud services is still a non-starter (fear, Security, legality, residency etc)