NEVER PRESENT COMPLEXITY
A few weeks ago, a senior executive at my firm told me a funny story about a meeting he had been attending with several top talent data scientists. This team of data savvy PhDs’ were tasked with answering several business questions by leveraging their technical expertise to develop sophisticated algorithms.
After months of number crunching, the team had come back to present their findings to a panel of the firm’s top decision makers. Slide after slide of statistical models filled with endless numbers and equations were being shown to an audience of business stakeholders eager to understand what decisions they should be making and why. At the conclusion of the meeting, the senior executive walked out and whispered under his breath “What the hell did any of that mean?”
