I'm Not Super Smart So I'll Just Just Deliver That One Example I Like This Framing

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I think there is definitely an impulse to make what we do very complex sometimes because it's this mistaken assumption that will make us seem more valuable. I'm big on simplification mostly because I'm not super smart so I like to make things as simple as possible. The digging deeper introduces complexity the the line where that's further evidence of the the amount of uncertainty that's been reduced versus now you're just making people's eyes glaze over.

Do analysts make things more complicated than they need to be, or is the data representing a complex world, so that is just the nature of the beast? Or is it both? Stakeholders yearn for simple answers to simple questions, but the road to delivering meaningful results seems paved with potholes of statistical complexity, data nuances, and messy tooling. What is a business to do? Frederik Werner from DHL joined Michael and Tim for a discussion that definitively determined that, well, the topic is…complicated! For complete show notes, including links to items mentioned in this episode and a transcript of the show, visit the show page.