vol.1 number 1  –  October 2022

Insights Tip #1

Don’t mistake observation for insight.

Monitoring something is not the same as understanding it. Watching your KPIs as they change doesn’t help your business unless you can determine WHY they are changing, and discover WHAT you can control to make them change in the right direction.

Here’s the Point!

Welcome to the first issue of the Data Point by Glymr. We’ll be sharing news, tips and observations to help you get more value out of your data. If you spot a great case study or news item, or just have questions about how to turn an ocean of data into actionable insights, please feel free to reach out!

Jeff Greenhouse, CEO

Cooking is the Perfect Analogy for Data Science

When you’re trying to understand how to get value from your data, you might not immediately think of a restaurant kitchen, but it offers the perfect analogy. It also highlights exactly why so many companies are having such a hard time getting the desired return on their data investments.  Read the full article

Insights in the News

Interesting items from around the web related to data-driven insights and innovation:

• Your Boss Is A Machine: The Rise Of Algorithm Management
• New Zealand plans to tax emissions from livestock burps and dung
• Wharton’s Siegel says Jerome Powell owes ‘the American people an apology’ for poor Fed policy

Glymr is an advisory and training service dedicated to helping companies get more value from their data using the people and resources they already have. If you feel like you could be getting more from your data, we should talk.