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December 6, 2018 Set the Conditions for Anyone on Your Team to Be Creative By Greg Satell Give them plenty of time to explore new ideas.

Experimentation How to Ensure the Success of a Position Your Company Hasn't Had Before by Sukhbir Sandhu, Carol T. Kulik The key is a balance between structure and freedom. Economics & Society Microsoft Trending Up, Apple Trending Down…? Plus, The Marriott Data Breach Youngme, Felix, and Mihir debate whether Microsoft is trending up while Apple is trending down, before discussing the Marriott (Starwood) data breach. They also share their After Hours picks for the week.

Analytics What Great Data Analysts Do — and Why Every Organization Needs Them by Cassie Kozyrkov They're distinct from statisticians and machine learning engineers.

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