The best way is not always the most complex. Such an observation may seem obvious, that the more simple the explanation or course of action, the better. Finding the simplest possible answer (without ...

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My last post supporting the use of nonlinear models (“You Do Need A Weatherman”) generated some thoughtful responses, mainly along the lines of this post by Ari Andricopoulos entitled “A View on the ...

Evan Hanlon is the Director of Audience Strategy at Xaxis. There’s a certain type of person I’ve learned not to trust: someone who insists that they can make things simple. I recognize how problematic ...

According to the Harvard Business Review article “Smart Rules,” companies are now collecting six times the number of performance metrics than they did in 1955. With all this extra data collection and ...

Ants are simple creatures. They live by simple rules: if you see a scrap of food, pick it up; if you see a pile of food, drop the food you are carrying. Out of such simple behaviour, an ant colony ...