We were recently joined by Frank Corrigan, Director of Decision Intelligence at Target.
6:38 - Problem formation - trying to find the unknown unknowns and bringing them to the business
8:20 - Integrating your data science team into your company's business objectives (ex. newsletter)
10:50 - What is the divide between a business analyst and a data scientist, in your eyes? How business analysts and data scientists differ
15:32 - What is the biggest mistake you’ve made in your role and what did you learn from this mistake?
19:15 - Onboarding new team members effectively
25:00 - The importance of motivating non-data scientists
26:42 - Resources for data scientists
32:30 - Challenges when using different tools across a data science team
49:28 - Analytical thinking vs critical thinking skills
57:30 - Embracing the 80/20 Rule & the importance of Focus Time
1:02:48 - Two frameworks to be more effective with stakeholders
1:06:47 - Rebranding to "decision intelligence"
1:08:35 - Quantitatively measuring impact from data science insights
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What is the divide between a business analyst and a data scientist?
What is the most unique problem you've had to solve in your industry?
My leaders refer to our BI tools when asked about data science, do you consider BI data science? Why/why not?
Did you always have managing skills/people skills, or did you have to learn them?
Could you define levels of data science maturity for companies?