15. Art has always been a great guide when
we’re trying to better understand who we are
16. Art has always been a great guide when
we’re trying to better understand who we are
17. “I rarely draw what I see – I draw what I
feel …touch, texture, size and scale,
hardness and warmth, evocation and
compulsion to move, live, and love”
Barbara Hepworth
20. “The brain is wider than the sky,
For, put them side by side,
The one the other will include
With ease, and you beside”
Emily Dickinson (1830-86)
21.
22. “The essence of being human, involves
asking questions, not answering them”
John Seely Brown (Computer Scientist)
“…asking questions is a creative act but
answering them need not be”
Bryan Appleyard
The Brain is Wider Than the Sky
Why Simple Solutions Don't Work in a Complex World - Bryan Appleyard
30. “…we want to apply data to every decision
…to be a very data-driven company”
Mike Curtis, Airbnb Vice President of Engineering
31.
32. “…working with data or statistics isn’t as
much of a science as you might think
…[it’s more a case of] we got an
answer to this confidence level and
we think that’s sufficient”
Dave Evans, FreeAgent Data Scientist
33. “Since when can weathermen predict
the weather, let alone the future?”
Marty McFly
34. In life we act upon the strongest
signals we can interpret
35.
36. “Today’s leader doesn’t have all the
answers. Instead, today’s leader
knows what questions to ask”
Alistair Croll & Ben Yoskovitz (Lean Analytics)
37. We used to think about a taxonomy,
but we now have to think about horizontal and
vertical connections, across multiple channels
38. We can challenge our beliefs and increase
our understanding using design research
39. Context helps us deal with complication
and shape a more cohesive user experience
40. Design research shows you the strategies people have for
adapting your product or services to their own requirements
42. Mapping the user journey is the first step
to recognising complexity. Seeing it is the
first step to accepting it
43. We all need to get better at telling stories
…we’re shaped by those we collaborate and
share our stories with
44. Data is a fixed point in time. It can help us learn
from the past and form new ideas, but when
people are involved it’s never the whole story
45. Data is a fixed point in time. It can help us learn
from the past and form new ideas, but when
people are involved it’s never the whole story
Shift our focus from big data’s output to our own input
Add context using small moments and individual stories
Make connections and use data to challenge existing beliefs