Episodes
Friday Feb 21, 2020
Friday Feb 21, 2020
Being constantly busy is often times a symptom of procrastination, though people do not feel like they’re procrastinating since they are working. Being in a constant reactionary state makes you feel productive in the moment, but it prevents you from doing the really important things.
How do you recognize busy work from valuable work? How does this impact a person in general? What does this mean for practitioners and technical implementers in the analytics space specifically?
On this week’s episode of 33 Tangents Jim and Jason discuss how people get stuck in this trap and ways to get out of it.
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Friday Dec 20, 2019
33 Tangents - Episode #86 - Your Data Is Not Perfect
Friday Dec 20, 2019
Friday Dec 20, 2019
Data collection is not perfect and that is ok. That being said, we’re not talking about accepting major flaws or gaps. You can still work with imperfect data and gain insights.
How do you prevent the pursuit of perfection from blocking you making progress with the data that you have? Is perfect data even attainable? How can you identify an imperfection that is acceptable as compared with a flaw or gap that needs to be addressed?
On this week’s episode of 33 Tangents, Jim and Jason discuss their experiences with clients who had become paralyzed over imperfections and the steps that can be taken to get the focus in the right areas.
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Friday Dec 13, 2019
33 Tangents - Episode #85 - Disconnecting and Resetting
Friday Dec 13, 2019
Friday Dec 13, 2019
With holidays right around the corner, it’s important to disconnect from work and be present. Just like summer vacation, the holidays offer us the chance to relax, recharge, clear our minds, and start the new year fresh.
Every year, it feels harder and harder to do as technology keeps us tethered to the office. This can be even harder for remote workers since their office is wherever they go.
How can you prevent work from taking you out of the moment? How can you make sure to be present for your family and friends? As an employer, are there things you can do to encourage your employees to rest and recharge?
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Friday Dec 06, 2019
Friday Dec 06, 2019
We’re taking a break this week to spend time with our families during the Thanksgiving holiday. We’ll be back with a new episode next week, December 13, 2019.
This episode was originally published on November 16, 2018.
During a trip to Boston, Jim had a chance to sit down and talk with Todd Schauman, Head of Digital Promotion and Analytics at the Christian Science Monitor, who has a great deal of experience working in the publishing space.
While there are tried and true implementation best practices for implementing analytics for an ecommerce site, it’s much less the case for a publishing site. We ask Todd his thoughts on why? With the cost of implementing, maintaining, and running an analytics practice, how does Todd make the case to his management? What are some unique options that are available to non-profit publishing organizations?
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Friday Oct 18, 2019
33 Tangents - Episode #77 - Presenting to Executive Teams
Friday Oct 18, 2019
Friday Oct 18, 2019
Recently Jim and Bryant presented to a client’s executive team. These kind of situations can be nerve wracking and can make the most seasoned presenter nervous. For those who are detailed oriented, these kinds of presentations can be filled with landmines. Too much information or too little information can cause the presentation to spiral. Wording is critical as one mislabeled item will cause the attendees to fixate on the wrong item or believe there is a problem when there isn’t.
What are best practices when it comes to presenting to an executive team? What are things to you need to avoid and what are things you need to make sure to do?
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Friday Oct 11, 2019
Friday Oct 11, 2019
This week Jim and Jason are joined by Carrie Bourke, Director of Customer Analytics and Insight at Harvard Business Review.
Prior to her time at HBR, Carrie spent times in analytics leadership roles at Clario Analytics, L.L. Bean, & Staples. Over the last 3 years Carrie has been a partner of 33 Sticks and during that time she has taken a methodical approach to building out a new digital marketing ecosystem.
Carrie’s plan to build and add new capabilities over time runs counter to what is the typical plan to rush and get everything built in a short period of time. Jason, Jim, and Carrie dig into what led her to take this approach and the benefits she has seen.
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Friday Oct 04, 2019
33 Tangents - Episode #75 - The Dangers of Managing to Metrics
Friday Oct 04, 2019
Friday Oct 04, 2019
Metrics and KPIs are provided so we know the health of the business. What happens when they are overemphasized and become the sole focus of employees? What could possibly go wrong by managing to these? This week Jim, Jason, and Bryant discuss the flaws with managing to metrics but why it’s very alluring to do so.
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Friday Sep 27, 2019
33 Tangents - Episode #74 - The Document is Not the Deliverable
Friday Sep 27, 2019
Friday Sep 27, 2019
With many engagements, the focus is a document. Questions like “What is the status of the document?” and “When will the documentation be delivered?” are often asked. The document is viewed as the deliverable when in actuality, the document is not the deliverable.
The solution conveyed in the document and the process to identify and design the solution are the deliverables. This is a key difference, but something so many miss. Why is that the case? Why is the document the focus and not the solution and path taken to get to the solution?
This week Jim and Jason discuss the difference between taking a client on a journey that provides value vs completing and shipping documents.
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Friday Jul 12, 2019
Friday Jul 12, 2019
Please note: We’re taking short break for summer vacation. We'll be back with a new episode next week, July 19, 2019. This episode was previously published on December 21, 2018.
We’ve gotten this question, in one form or another, many many times: I’m looking at system A and system B and they don’t match, how do we fix that? To validate that a system is collecting data correctly you need to compare it to another system. For example you would compare your Analytics implementation to your backend order management system to ensure that you’re conversion tracking is accurate. However these two systems will never match exactly and if you’re not careful, your validation can spiral out of control. If the wrong audience is involved, they won’t trust any of the data so this process has to be managed very carefully. What are some reasons systems will never match exactly? If they don’t match exactly, what is the point of doing this validation? How do you manage expectation, both yours and others? How do you prevent it from spiraling out of control? This week Jenn, Jason, and Jim discuss their experience with reconciliation efforts, how they can spawn more problems than they solve, and how to properly manage them.
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Friday May 10, 2019
33 Tangents - Episode #54 - Dealing with the Analytics Turnover Problem
Friday May 10, 2019
Friday May 10, 2019
The Analytics space is one that sees rapid turnover. According to Corey Prohens at IQ Workforce is that most who work in analytics, either on the implementation or on the analysis & insights side, move jobs every 18 months. This results in a feeling of repeated reset and slow progression. What are some other issues that are the result of this constant change? What can be done to mitigate the issues and reduce the churn? This week Jim and Jason sit down and talk through the complicated topic.
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