Christopher PowersVisa: The hard path to being “everywhere you want to be.”After World War II, Americans in the United States entered a period of prosperity, hard-won with the help of the consumer goods industry…Sep 21, 2020Sep 21, 2020
Christopher PowersMy Daydream: What I wish Joe Biden would get to SayMy social media and various platforms like this blog are going to be undergoing a change in the next few days. But I really wanted to get…Jul 13, 2020Jul 13, 2020
Christopher PowersStrength at the Top: Back to An Era of Braintrusts and Rapid MobilizationAs an older millennial, I am, like many in my generation, dismayed by what I see as a fiasco of leadership.Mar 31, 2020Mar 31, 2020
Christopher PowersTruth in Data Part II: Faulty ModelsHow a bad test in 1985 resulted in bad specifications and contributed to the deadly collapse of the levees during Hurricane Katrina in 2005Mar 30, 2020Mar 30, 2020
Christopher PowersTruth in Data: Why the Story Matters (Part I)What I’ve learned so far about the importance of explaining the story behind the data with accuracy, clarity and succinctnessMar 9, 2020Mar 9, 2020
Christopher PowersLate to bed, late to rise…I’ve been a train wreck the last few days.Feb 20, 2020Feb 20, 2020
Christopher PowersMovie Recommendation Systems: In Class and in PracticeToday in the data science immersive bootcamp I’m in, at General Assembly in Boston, we did a lesson in recommender systems.Feb 18, 2020Feb 18, 2020
Christopher PowersEverybody SleepsIn my past entry, I briefly touched on how not getting enough sleep has massively impacted my life. And yet I find myself returning to the…Feb 7, 20201Feb 7, 20201
Christopher PowersinAnalytics VidhyaExperiencing GA and its Secret SauceSince I came to General Assembly to learn data science, beginning December 2019, I’ve been impressed by their learning model. It does feel…Feb 7, 2020Feb 7, 2020