186: The Universe Makes it Happen with Emily Gorcenski - a podcast by Mandy Moore

from 2020-06-10T07:00

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Emily has been on GTC before! Check out her previous episode: 037: Failure Mode



01:08 - Emily’s Superpower: Hunting Nazis and Data Science




  • Emily’s Motivation to Do This Work – Fighting Back

  • What is the question behind the question?

  • Data Science + SCIENCE



14:55 - Being Willing to Be Wrong / Failure and Learning




  • Methods for Determining You’re Going to be Tracking Wrong Things

  • Simpson’s Paradox

  • Means Are a Lie

  • Detecting Nonlinearities



34:49 - Cybernetics





38:43 - The COVID-19 Pandemic Crisis and The Need For Systematic Restructuring





47:16 - Nuance, Power, and Authority




  • High-Reliability Organizations

  • Devolution


  • The Difference Between:


    • Innovation

    • A Work-Around

    • A Shortcut

    • A Non-Compliant


  • Deciphering Good Actors & Bad Actors



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