Data & Analysis
Data has the power to unlock unprecedented insights. And while the promise of data is ubiquitous, there’s a long way to go before that potential is fully realized. Many questions still linger for data stewardship, from ensuring truly clean data to collecting data without being creepy.
Reimagining Management through People Analytics
People analytics (the reflexive use of big data within organizations to drive decision making) has the potential to transform the way we manage and lead from altering hiring practices to workload assessment and collaboration. From our 2017 Digital Transformation Summit, Professor Jeff Polzer leads a panel discussion exploring the state of this new field and what it means for managers — and employees — across the board.
Mapping the burden of diabetes
Approximately 1.5 to 2 billion people in the world suffer from diabetes, pre-diabetes, or a complication associated with it, and yet more than 90% of them never even get tested. To combat this challenge, Professor Tarun Khanna developed a simple diagnostic device that works with any smartphone in the world. The result is a game-changing innovation that is reshaping the state of diabetes testing, treatment, and data analysis around the globe.
Imagining how future cities and communities will be organized will shape how we get there
In this flash talk from our 2017 Future Assembly conference, David Park from the Faculty of the Arts and Sciences at Columbia University, images how cities may be organized in the future and what will be needed to get there.
