The big idea: should we be using data to make life’s big decisions?
Whom should you marry? Where should you live? How should you spend your time? For centuries, people have relied on their gut instincts to figure
Whom should you marry? Where should you live? How should you spend your time? For centuries, people have relied on their gut instincts to figure
The movie Moneyball, among many things, can be considered as the prime example of data-driven performance optimization in sports. For those who haven’t watched the
Billy Beane, front office executive for the Oakland Athletics and the subject of Michael Lewis’s book Moneyball, transformed baseball using data. He didn’t do it
Imagine you’re a quarterback and you’ve just stepped off the field. Your team has lost. You could look at it as a failure and call
When I was a kid, I grew up playing Strat-O-Matic Baseball. I loved the numbers associated with the game of baseball and how you could
Professional sports management and decision-making have a long history of adhering to practices of past tradition and “gut feeling.” Deciding which players to trade, draft,
Big data analytics is having a huge impact across lots of industries, with financial services and retail leading the pack. But according to one expert,
Big data analytics is having a huge impact across lots of industries, with financial services and retail leading the pack. But according to one expert,
In the business of extracting value from data, parallels can be drawn to the book/movie entitled Moneyball. Admittedly, because it’s such a great story, Moneyball is