Reasons for Rebuilding, Re-engineering, or Reforming

At a recent college retreat my leadership team watched Simon Sinek’s TED talk about how great leaders inspire action. It is a good video and like most popular TED talks, it provoked reflection and discussion. We did not, though, sort it all out. I sensed that the key message of the presentation – the importance…

Big Data and WMDs – A Cautionary Tale

Cathy O’Neil has penned perhaps my favorite book title of the past few years – Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy. Better still, her work is substantive and worthy of its clever name. Read it and you will never think of “systems” and data in quite the same way. O’Neil…