TDWI World Conference Las Vegas, NV February 12-17, 2012

Prerequisite: None

Frank Buytendijk

• As a pure discussion session, this course will not be accompanied by a course book.

If we are smart enough and we have all the data and the best tools, we can solve any problem. That may be true, but should we? Software vendors have interesting taglines, such as "the power to know," but is all knowledge good? Many organizations have a social media code of conduct, but who has an analytics code of conduct? Questions, questions... Attend this session and walk away with more questions than you had when you came in. Be careful, there is no way back. Once you step into the world of philosophy, you learn to doubt everything, except doubt itself. Only for the brave, and not for the faint at heart. Check out a short intro at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rh_QwuG2V_I

You Will Learn

• How to consider ethical issues in decision making
• How to solve the "one version of the truth" problem (in a ridiculously simple way)
• How to use the art of rhetoric to analyze "fact-based" decisions

Geared To

• Professionals who are looking to rise above their profession, and are not afraid to question everything