Checking for understanding
This Dan Pink interview on Tim Ferriss' podcast has some useful things around writing and particularly on writing speeches. Dan suggests a useful question to…
Useful tools for consulting
Consulting tools that can help you be better at consulting? I'll help you! Here are some of the consulting tools in my collection: With no sign up, you can…
The Podcast
I'm working on Smarter Data People: a podcast. I'm talking to data science leaders about how they work smarter, faster and nicer. Click here to listen. This…
Better Ways to Negotiate
You get what you negotiate. Whether you're negotiating a deadline, bed time or a speeding fine, it's always useful to have some new strategies. Firstly, here's…
Five Problems for Data Science Consulting teams
There are five key problems for data scientist consulting teams right now. The key problems work around the acronym FLAWS: Free resourceLacking contextAll…
Office Politics: How to know if this hill is worth dying on
Office Politics comes with the territory: how to know if the hill is worth dying on Office politics can seem like war. If that’s what it feels like to you today,…
Get More Value for Your Training
Make the most of your training time and money by whipping your team into a state of joyful anticipation before it begins! Less than 10% of an ordinary training…
Saying Sorry is an art
Saying sorry is an art. We’ve all been there when something goes wrong. Your team doesn't follow a procedure, or made a basic error. You slipped past a deadline. You’re…
Seven Good Reasons to Document What You Do*
Here are seven good reasons to document what you do. You’re busy! You know that you could do some things better, but it’s often hard to know where…
Office politics for Technical People (Geeks)
No one is as smart as you. But smarter doesn’t move you up the ladder. This is a primer on office politics for geeks and technical people. You will have to deal…