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In this course taught by practicing data scientists, you'll get real-life advice and tips on how to get started in a career in data science. You'll hear from experts on how to overcome common obstacles, how to work with a team of data-driven professionals, how to navigate the needs of the organization or client, and how data can be a force for positive change in the workplace and world at large.

Lessons From Data Scientists By Madecraft

You'll hear from experts on how to overcome common obstacles, how to work with a team of data-driven professionals, how to navigate the needs of the organization or client, and how data can be a force for positive change in the workplace and world at large.

A lot can be learned through the career reflection of a data scientist. After watching this video, you'll be able to evaluate the career journey of Sara Anstey.

Data science careers can be incredibly enjoyable and rewarding. After watching this video, you'll be able to identify Sara Anstey's favorite aspects of being a data scientist.

Every job is not without its challenges. After watching this video, you'll be able to describe the most challenging aspects of data science according to Sara Anstey.

Data science careers present uniquely different obstacles to overcome making it hard to recognize the right approach. After watching this video, you'll be able to summarize Sara Anstey's approach to overcoming obstacles.

The world of data science is very tool based and the right tools will make for far better outcomes. After watching this video, you'll be able to describe several popular tools in use by career data scientists.

Knowing how to define success in a particular role is a necessary skill in data science. After watching this video, you'll be able to describe several ways to be successful in a role as a data scientist.

Because data science is always evolving and new models are always being released, it's essential to stay aware of the latest best practices. After watching this video, you'll be able to discuss key methods for staying up to date with new skills in data science.

After watching this video, you'll be able to evaluate the challenges of measuring success as a data scientist and one approach to creating success metrics. Knowing how to define success in a particular role is a necessary skill in data science.

Module 3: Brett Vanderblock  - Using Data For Good

After watching this video, you'll be able to describe Brett Vanderblock's favorite aspects of being a data scientist. A lot can be learned through the career reflection of a data scientist.

Joys Of Data Science With Brett Vanderblock

Data science isn't always about solving sales goals or optimizing business processes. It's also used to change the world around us. After watching this video, you'll be able to recognize various ways that data science is used for the greater good.

Using the right tools for data science projects will save you time and yield better results. After watching this video, you'll be able to explain several popular tools in use by career data scientists.

The data science field is full of many different roles across a lot of industry verticals. After watching this video, you'll be able to recognize the most common types of roles in a data science career.

Constantly improving your skills is a must for any data scientist. After watching this video, you'll be able to evaluate various approaches that can help develop data science skills.

Module 4: Sam Cvetkovski - Manager Of Data Science

A lot can be learned through the career reflection of a data scientist. After watching this video, you'll be able to describe the career journey of becoming a data scientist for Sam Cvetkovski.

After watching this video, you'll be able to recognize Sam Cvetkovski's favorite aspects of being a data scientist.

After watching this video, you'll be able to discuss a couple of challenging aspects of working as a data scientist.

After watching this video, you'll be able to conclude why Sam Cvetkovski chose to become a manager in the data science field.

After watching this video, you'll be able to analyze key tips for how to pursue a data science management track.

After watching this video, you'll be able to explain the difference between an individual contributor and a manager within the data science field.

After watching this video, you'll be able to evaluate what options are available in a data science career and which might be right for you.

After watching this video, you'll be able to describe a method for measuring success as a data scientist. Knowing how to define success in a particular role is a necessary skill in data science.

Module 5: Lacey Westphal, PhD - Social Justice And Education Data Science

After watching this video, you'll be able to describe the career journey of becoming a data scientist for Lace Westphal, Ph.D. A lot can be learned through the career reflection of a data scientist.

Career Journey With Lacey Westphal, Ph.D.

Data science is used extensively across traditional education. After watching this video, you'll be able to discuss how data has made an impact in the field of education.

Datasets can be incredibly complex and the goals of certain analysis initiatives may be vague. After watching this video, you'll be able to reiterate the importance of fully understanding what your data set is and what your goals are for working with that dataset.

Working with non-profits means less funding and less resources, a challenge that must be overcome in this field. After watching this video, you'll be able to evaluate key challenges of working as a data scientist with limited funding and limited resources.

Data scientists do a lot of work interpreting information that is used to make decisions that can impact governmental policy, health decisions, environmental decisions, and more. After watching this video, you'll be able to describe how data science can impact the world for the greater good of all.

The field of data science is often riddled with decisions that require a strong commitment to ethics. After watching this video, you'll be able to identify common pressures data scientists face from stakeholders.

Social justice issues can be better understood through appropriate data science initiatives. After watching this video, you'll be able to recognize how to look at data through the lens of social justice and you'll be able to define what a social justice data lens is.

Impacts Of Data Science On Social Justice

A career in data science can be incredibly interesting and very rewarding. After watching this video, you'll be able to evaluate one approach to testing if a career in data science is the right fit for you.

What To Do If You're Interested In Data Science

Module 6: Louis Trembley - Decision Maker

A lot can be learned through the career reflection of a data scientist.  After watching this video, you'll be able to reiterate Louis Tremblay's journey to becoming a data scientist at FLIR.

Working with data science teams can present unique challenges that often go overlooked. After watching this video, you'll be able to recognize several challenges of managing and interacting with a team of data scientists.

Challenges Of Working With A Data Science Team

Findings from a data science project are only useful if they're presented in a way that stakeholders understand and can draw conclusions from. After watching this video, you'll be able to evaluate how to properly present and package findings so they're useful to stakeholders.

How Data Scientists Can Help Decision Makers

It can seem like every dataset can be used to deliver an answer, but that's not the case. After watching this video, you'll be able to discuss when data might cloud judgement and why datasets can be inaccurate.

Knowing how to define success in a particular role is a necessary skill in data science. After watching this video, you'll be able to identify one approach to measuring successful outcomes on data analysis projects.

Module 7: Michael Galarnyk -- Data Scientist

After watching this video, you'll be able to describe how data science impacts the world around you according to Michael Galarnyk. A lot can be learned through the career reflection of a data scientist.

The Impact Of Data Science With Michael Galarnyk

No career is without its challenges and data science is no exception. After watching this video, you'll be able to discuss several challenges that data scientists experience in their day-to-day work.

This video encourages the viewers to watch additional data science courses offered in the platform to improve their skills.

Get Started On Your Own Data Science Journey

In this course, digital strategy consultant and author Clark Boyd will equip you with a framework to redefine your existing business model to seize white spaces. He will draw insights from the book Reinvent Your Business Model by Mark W. Johnson. You will learn how to define your business model, analyze areas where you might need to redefine your business model, and develop an approach for a sustainable and scalable business model innovation.

Reinvent Your Business Model By Mark W. Johnson

This episode focuses on four broad categories of business model that are enabled by digital technology and shows how transformational innovation needs to continue. After watching this video, you will be able to apply these categories to structure your innovation plan even through an uncertain future.

According to Mark Johnson, transformational growth can be unlocked using a reliable three-step process that is explained in this video. After watching this video, you will be able to embark on pursuing game-changing opportunities by detecting important, unfulfilled jobs and viewing your market in a new way.

This video offers insights into unlocking the creativity within your organization. After watching this video, you will be able to gain a proper understanding of your customers' needs and ask the right questions to arrive at a product or service that fulfils that need. You will also comprehend how to define a viable revenue model.

Any working business needs to be the culmination of a process of controlled experimentation. After watching this video, you will be equipped to incubate your business by identifying the most critical assumptions for your business proposition. You will also learn how testing your hypothesis quickly helps eliminate risks.

Box One: The Customer Value Proposition (CVP)

Once you have tested the hypothesis of your business model in a small sample market, it is time to move to broad market adoption. This video will help you understand how patient growth and a controlled approach help formulate winning strategies for scaling your model. It will also help you decide whether to separate or integrate your new business model with your existing business unit.

Fundamentally new ideas that require different key resources and processes can open new customer markets, the challenge lies in creating a new product that is vastly different from the existing one. After watching this video, you will be able to understand what it takes to stop clinging to existing ideas, products, and processes and take risks to truly reinvent your business model.

Boxes 3 And 4: Key Resources And Key Processes

In order to effectively survive and thrive in 21st century global commerce, every business needs to take a close look at their existing business models and find opportunities to adapt and reinvent. After watching this series, you will be able to apply a repeatable set of steps that make up a framework for defining, creating, and adapting business models to truly transform and grow your business.

Being alert to market changes is vital for any business. After watching this video, you will be able to identify some predictable shifts in customer expectations and gear up to beat your competition on the basis of reliability, convenience, and cost.

This video discusses nonconsumers, who according to Mark Johnson are potential customers held back from the market due to skills, access, time, or wealth. After watching this video, you will be able to apply the problem-solving continuum approach to removing market specific barriers and bring in these customers.

Sometimes, more revolutionary forces, whose roots lie outside your market tend to open up uncharted territories. After watching this video, you will be able to recognize the shifts that often make changes imperative for businesses. You will also be able to leverage these as opportunities to innovate your business model.

Implementing The Business Model: Incubation

Once you have tested the hypothesis of your business model in a small sample market, it is time to move to broad market adoption. This video will help you understand how patient growth and controlled approach helps formulate winning strategies for scaling your model. It will also help you decide whether to separate or integrate your new business model with your existing business unit.

Implementing The Business Model: Acceleration And Transition

Right from the conception of your business idea to testing it with minimum risk and explaining what metrics matter, Lean Analytics by Alistair Croll and Benjamin Yoskovitz offers actionable information to create and run a data-driven startup. In this series, Tanveer Naseer, a principal at thoughtLEADERS LLC explains the lessons from this book including using data analytics to build your business model, understanding your growth stage and finding the right metrics to create a successful business.

Lean Analytics: Alistair Croll And Benjamin Yoskovitz

“Don’t sell what you can make, make what you can sell,” this is the basic premise of Lean Analytics. Learn how to use analytics to figure out people's wants and build your business around them to gain success.

You think your business idea has potential, but how do you make sure it does, without spending a huge amount of time and money on it? Learn how to build and test a minimum viable product, to do this.

In the early stages of a startup, it’s smart to test your ideas and gather data by building a minimum viable product, before you invest too much time and energy on the real offering.

A real measure of valuable data is one that engenders action. To find out what data to collect and measure for your business area, watch this video.

Don’t get caught up in feel-good vanity metrics like “total sign ups” -- they’re just numbers that stoke your ego. Get a real sense of engagement for your product or service by measuring “total active users.”

The authors of Lean Analytics suggest that every startup needs to pick ‘the one metric that matters.’ This video cites four reasons to explain why this is important.

By choosing your most important metric, you set a clear goal for your team and encourage experimentation as everyone works towards meeting that goal.

Testing is a critical part of data-driven growth strategies. This episode discusses four different kinds of testing methodologies you can adopt to compare results and adapt your startup business model.

Amongst the many different types of testing analyses, some like customer segmentation are industry-agnostic and offer valuable insight into customer preferences.

According to Lean Analytics, each startup goes through five stages of growth. Find out what they are and where your venture stands, in this episode.

It is critical to understand what stage of growth you are at with your startup, such that you are able to track and plan ahead for the next stage of growth.

Many organizations are still stuck in the traditional decision-making style and need a mindset shift toward being more data-centric. Watch this episode to learn how to foster a data-driven culture in your organization.

How To Cultivate A Culture Of Data At Your Company

Be transparent and share the data and the analytical methods you’re using for decision-making to get employee buy-in for a data-centric approach.

Data and analytics are important for business but it is more important to ensure that you have genuine passion for the business you are launching. This video suggests asking three questions that can help you analyze your passion.

Never create a business you are not passionate about, you will eventually lose interest and not find enduring fulfilment, which ought to be your goal in the first place.

Founder and CEO of advisory company Intelligent Ethics, Tracey Groves, takes on the ethical questions surrounding technological developments today. Whether it is deep fake, algorithms, or automated devices, get a sounding of what is reasonable and when you are treading dangerous grounds. Watch out for the takeaways at the end of each episode that offer probable solutions.

Technology in some form or other rules our lives today. Are you aware of the critical ethical issues involved? How is tech being deployed, who is controlling it, what are the consequences of using it? These are just some of the questions you need to be asking.

With the growing capabilities of tech, we need to shift our thinking from tech's functional capabilities to its ethical implications and meaning for humanity. Ask the questions that will help you answer whether you're controlling your technology, or it's controlling you.

Technology is an enabler. Take Artificial Intelligence, for instance, its role in enabling us to keep tabs on each other from shopping preferences to crime prevention. While in some instances, such as making sure our safety is not compromised, AI undoubtedly scores, ethical concerns such as discrimination and trust issues remain.

Technology software adopts our biases and prejudices and allows employers to monitor behaviors. Join the push for governments to develop stronger technology laws and rights to privacy; help develop diverse talent pools to minimize bias.

How open are you to being driven by an automated vehicle? Or would you rather trust your safety in the hands of a human driver? The unpredictability of humans can throw off the logic that AI is built on. Tracey Groves probes how algorithms can earn this trust.

Who's Managing The New Autonomous Vehicle?

Ethical issues cause distrust of autonomous cars, even if they have fewer accidents than human-driven cars. We will only learn to trust self-driving cars if we work in partnership with and develop an emotional connection to technology.

The world will witness demographic shifts in the coming years. The number of elderly will double by 2050. In the face of the increasing need for care and social interaction, how ethical is it to deploy robots in these roles? Can machines eventually replace human carers?

Robotic carers of the future could potentially provide care and social interaction but also pose ethical risks related to transparency, deception, and the dehumanizing of care. Consider whether a robot could truly share the compassion and empathy unique to human beings.

Seeing is believing, or is it? AI has changed the world as we knew it to offer false information that seems like the truth. Deep fake has cast a pall on media. How practical is banning social media in such a scenario, and how do you know the truth from fake news?

We should not truly trust digital interactions, despite our increasing dependence on them. Be vigilant and alert to fake news and seek to verify questionable information.

Manipulating perceptions, goading users to shop indiscriminately, voting in favor of a specific group, or even fan attacks and violence, technology has a say in every sphere of life today. Tech per se is not evil, says Tracey Groves, it is in how we use it that it acquires its true colors.

AI can facilitate new forms of digital attacks on existing applications. Be conscious of the dangers of AI and demand to know how AI is being deployed in your workplace and community.

Did you know that women will be more impacted by technological developments in the future than men? The pandemic has added to the burdens.  Find out what is spurring these gender inequalities and who has a say in changing what seems inevitable.

Women are more likely to be disadvantaged by AI than men, further increasing gender inequality in the workplace. Support policies and practices that accelerate women's roles in the workforce, moving closer to a more balanced, high-performing society.

Learn how to become a more influential manager with leadership expert Tracey Groves, as she explores the role of vulnerability, empathy, trust, and morality in leadership in this 6-episode series. Groves has been a key advisor and expert facilitator in areas of corporate integrity, organisational change, business conduct and culture, transformational leadership, regulatory risk and compliance, and corporate governance. She is based in the UK and is currently Director at Intelligent Ethics.

If you are a CEO, then leading with compassion, and not just power, will give you a better chance to engage and inspire colleagues.

A CEO can be said to have moral authority when their actions match their words and when a set of principles guides everything they do. That is what allows people to trust them to make the right decisions.

Understand why, increasingly, leaders without moral authority do not have the license to operate and the four pillars that can help you cultivate it.

Leaders can earn moral authority by a) sticking to their purpose, b) speaking up for principles, c) helping others succeed, and d) reflecting and questioning.

Learning the beginner’s mindset is a key asset in an ever-changing world. Developing critical thinking and resilience will help you disrupt the status quo and open pathways to new possibilities.

In an ever-changing world, good executive leadership requires challenging old paradigms, exploring new pathways and continually asking 'Why'.

Ethical lapses such as fraud, environmental disasters or sexual indiscretions are more likely to cause a CEO exit than financial metrics, these days.

With the rise of social media and peer-to-peer communications, CEO integrity is in the spotlight, and they are fired more often for ethical lapses than performance.

Why must chief execs align their words with action?  Research shows a direct correlation between the behavioral integrity of leaders and the financial performance of the companies they lead.

It's important that a CEO's actions and words align because their behavioral integrity is tied to business performance and reputation.

Too much empathy by a leader can have potential downsides. Learn how to balance empathy, compassion and kindness with due diligence.

While empathy is a critical aspect of leadership, when and how much you use it is equally important. Learn to balance compassion with due diligence.

Don't be afraid to show vulnerability as a leader — it is not a weakness but a strength. The shift from know-it-all to learn-it all leaders will create opportunities for growth and a culture of innovation in companies.

Vulnerability As A Powerful Leadership Tool

The show of vulnerability and humility by a leader can foster a culture of innovation and inclusivity, and deepen trust in their organization.

Trust is the powerful hidden asset of chief execs. It is both complex and fragile, built on competence and ethics, and ultimately, based on what the leader says and does.

Employee trust gives leaders agency to plan, execute and navigate difficult situations., and it grows when leaders' behaviors match their words.

The Digital Transformation Playbook is author David Rogers' reassurance to businesses feeling overwhelmed in the face of digital disruption. This course delivered by Helen Ritchie, a digital marketing specialist, demonstrates that all it takes is a willingness to recognize the disruption and adapt to it. After watching this course, you will be able to recognize the role of new-age customers, rethink your approach towards competition, foster a culture of innovation, and adapt your value proposition.

The Digital Transformation Playbook By David Rogers

Digital transformation is not about technological expertise. It is about changing your strategic mindset in five key business domains--customers, competition, data, innovation, and value. After watching this video, you will be equipped to transform your legacy businesses into digitally data-driven ones or scale and expand your existing digital business by rethinking some key strategic approaches in the five domains.

Digital Transformation As Strategic Change

Since the dawn of the digital age, one-way communication with customers no longer works. The consumer now has a more active and influential role in marketing. After watching this video, you will be able to redefine ways of engaging with customers and leverage their role as influencers.

Rethinking With The Customer Network Model

According to David Roberts, five core customer network behaviors tend to drive the adoption of digital experiences. After watching this video, you will be able to reconfigure your marketing strategy to enable faster and easier access to your digital data and create compelling, interactive, and bespoke content that offers personalized experiences.

Customer Network Behaviors And Strategies

This episode breaks down customer network strategy generation into five simple steps. After watching this video, you will be able to define your strategy objectives, identify relevant customer segments and establish which broad customer engagement strategy and concept you want to focus on.

The digital age has forced businesses to look at strategic ways to work with your competition to leverage each other’s unique strengths. After watching this video, you will be able to discern how to find strategic ways to work with your direct competitors and unravel areas where asymmetric competition could prove challenging.

Digital platforms are basically channels that enable two or more parties to create and exchange value through business. After watching this video, you will be able to identify a platform offering by recognizing the distinct value it brings to two or more customer types and how it plays the role of a facilitator.

Digital technologies afford a lot of benefits to organizations including new customer acquisition and location-agnostic access. After watching this video, you will be able to assess and leverage the huge competitive benefits digital platforms offer to businesses in terms of liability, rapid scaling, and economic efficiency.

David Rogers writes about two distinct types of network effects – direct and indirect. After finishing this video, you will be able to shortlist who you need on board to make your platform work. You will also be able to formulate ways to monetize and prioritize your customers by their importance.

Network Effects And The Platform Business Model Map

As you rethink competition, you will invariably face challenges within your organization. After watching this video, you will be able to understand the value of moving forward in the face of resistance and building an open culture that encourages creativity.

Organizational Challenges Of Rethinking Competition

The role and possibilities of data in the digital age need to be seen as an intangible business asset. After watching this episode, you will be able to recognize the distinction and value of diverse data types you need to make informed decisions and apply to create innovative solutions.

Big data has been the buzzword of the data revolution, but how does it help businesses? After watching this video, you will be able to understand how to gather and organize a large quantum of unstructured data and employ it effectively to formulate innovative solutions.

This episode unveils David Rogers’ four templates for value creation to use customer data to grow business. After finishing this video, you will be able to use data to reveal critical patterns and identify and segment your customers.

Turning Customer Data Into Business Value

This episode focuses on consolidating your understanding of data concepts and looking at ways to generate value from it. This video will equip you to earmark the area of impact and identify specific indicators to measure and evaluate progress.

This episode discusses internal organizational challenges you might face when you initiate a shift towards a more data-driven approach. After watching this video, you will be able to identify the right skills and expertise for moving ahead with a data-led strategy. You will also be prepared to ensure data does not get stuck in departmental silos.

Organizational Challenges Of Rethinking Data

David Rogers draws attention to the ease of innovation in the digital age and offers seven principles that ensure you make the most out of your testing. After watching this video, you will be able to ensure cost-effective experimentation, keep your focus on the customer, and build leverage from fast iterations.

Innovating In A Digital World Through Experimentation

Rogers offers four broad paths to scale up your innovation in this episode. This video will help you choose and plan your next steps towards a phased launch or a full release of your offering into the market.

You will face internal organizational challenges when you try and build a test-and-learn culture. After watching this video, you will recognize what it takes to build a culture of innovation in an organization. You will also discover the power of celebrating and learning from failure to foster creative thought.

Organizational Challenges Of Experimentation

The digital world with ever-evolving customer needs has meant that companies need to continuously adapt their value to meet those needs. After watching this video, you will be able to chart your route to adapt to new, challenging, or even shrinking market conditions.

Rethinking And Adapting Value Propositions

This video offers a strategic six-step tool that will help you carve out your value proposition adaptation strategy. After watching this video, you will be able to detect potential threats and identify opportunities to build your value with your key customers.

Even as digital forces are transforming the way we do business, it does not mean you need to become a tech expert overnight. After watching this video, you will be equipped to identify and execute strategic changes that will help your business to adapt and succeed in the face of digital disruption.

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Struggling to lead beyond your function? Nick Holley reveals five key leadership transitions to help you shift from tactical execution to enterprise-wide impact. Learn how to unlearn old habits and lead with strategic clarity, influence, and purpose.

5 Critical Leadership Transitions for Enterprise Success by Nick Holley

Losing My Virginity maps the founding of Richard Branson's Virgin Group and its rise to a multibillion-dollar venture. Stay tuned to learn important leadership lessons on risk-taking, decision-making, flexibility, adaptability, and being aware of one's actions; from the man who did it all.

When he set out with his first venture at 17, Richard Branson was self-confessedly too young to bother about failure. With a growing appetite for adventure, he launched a multitude of businesses and undertook daredevil stunts, showing that age is just a number.

Do what you want to do and feel capable of, regardless of age. You're never too old or too young to try something new.

Don't Make Me Think By Steve Krug

Don't Make Me Think By Steve Krug

Don't Make Me Think By Steve Krug

Episodes

1. Web And Mobile Usability

2. The Number One Rule of Usability

3. How We Really Use The Web

4. Designing For Scanning, Not Reading

5. Omit Needless Words

6. Designing Navigation

7. Designing A Great Homepage

8. How To Keep Usability Testing Simple