Take Your Data Knowledge to the Next Level

While there are definitely times when simple IF-this-THEN-that mentality can be easily applied to raw data, in most cases, it is going to take a programmer of some kind to help with data manipulation.

While this could be an opportunity to learn a new skill, it might make more sense to hire someone or partner up with someone who already has these skills. If you can describe what you want, especially by talking through real data examples, someone can code your idea into reality. Manipulating data is much more of an art than a science, and it requires knowledge about the data. Who better to have that knowledge than you?

Knowledge is power. Just remember that facts are facts and cannot be argued. If you come up with a way to measure someone’s “fairness” or “ideation” capabilities, it will become the new fact. I refer to this as putting your “stake in the ground” when defining something that...