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Apparently Broxbourne in Hertfordshire is one of the best places in the UK to retire. I grew up round there. It's a nice place but "the best place to retire in the UK"? It tops a truly bizarre list which includes Wimbledon, Stockport and Wrexham in what appears to be just a randomly generated list of place names. Reading on it would appear that someone (actually, Which?) has randomly crunched some data about green space and access to pharmacies and come up with some conclusions that don't survive contact with reality. Funnily enough I was on a briefing call yesterday about a senior Data role. We spent most of the time talking about communication - just having data with no sense of what story it might tell or whether that story is useful (or even makes any sense at all) is worse than useless. The key to driving value out of data is being about to understand the commercial imperatives and opportunities within the business. As always, we work with companies to help them find the people who solve business problems with technology solutions. Dipping into randomly selected data and drawing unsupportable conclusions is no use to a business. Apparently it works fine in journalism though. Vocative #data #value #business

Justin Sleep

We find technical people who solve business problems ◆ Transparent Search ◆ Transparent Teams ◆ We are Vocative

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syfullah faruque

Operations ⎮⎮ Generalist⎮⎮ Problem Solving

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This post of yours will surely hit some nerves out there. You have pinpointed one of the key problems of today’s tech leadership scene. Most of the tech leaders see the world through a laptop screen and her disenfranchised from the real world. Having data is all very good, but one should never discount the human factor, or other non-quantifiable factors. You can not put a number on everything and more times than not, the non quantifiable factors decide the outcome of processes.

Peter Lizak

CTO / Head of IT | Financial Services | I help drive resilience (DRP/BCP & DORA), automation and efficiency, and support (service desk), slashing costs and improving operational outcomes!

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As to the issue of data without knowing what story it might tell, well be careful if you already “know” the story you want … Data can sometimes make it like you are right even when it is not the case. Lots of examples of biased research reports.

Peter Lizak

CTO / Head of IT | Financial Services | I help drive resilience (DRP/BCP & DORA), automation and efficiency, and support (service desk), slashing costs and improving operational outcomes!

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While too young to be planning retirement yet. I do live in Wimbledon and it is quite lovely. Lots of parks and pharmacies indeed! But also good access to the city (Northern, District, SW Rail, Thameslink). If I had to list a complaint it would be the lack of quick access to Heathrow. Although many say traffic is quite terrible, but I do not own a car so not much experience on the traffic front.

Will Seward MBA

Principal Consultant | Transformation Director | Programme Initiation & Mobilisation | Team Engagement & Delivery

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