The Importance of Scale and Analysis in Research

Some people like lots of data.  I love it.  It’s thorough. The problem with large amounts of data, though, is that you get lots of junk…information that’s irrelevant to your purpose. This is where Analysis comes into play: The discernment of what is valuable and what is not. Most people fall short because they don’t understand how to effectively analyze large amounts of information,...

Kudos to JPMorgan Chase (And Why I Love the Fundamental Design of Business)

This is an e-mail that I just sent to some friends, and thought that it might be worth putting out there… I’ve mentioned to you both how one of the beautiful (yes, beautiful) things about the fundamental design of business is the design of its flexibility. Without going on too much of a tangent, I’d also like to acknowledge that this design has been improved by the US government’s laws and...