I think we’re starting to see peak managerialism. The latest wave in stats has shown more than anything that a significant shortfall in basic statistics knowled

I think we’re starting to see peak managerialism. The latest wave in stats has shown more than anything that a significant shortfall in basic statistics knowledge makes it almost impossible to make good decisions with vast amounts of data. Without the skillsets to work with and then understand that data, they are forced into this long process of asking for data to be put into reporting and dashboards and then once they finally get them, either fixating on the limited metrics it provides while being oblivious to other context not in front of them, or to instead forced to start another long iteration to adjust that reporting and dashboards. We’ve gone almost 30 years believing management was the sole skill required to manage teams and companies, but dealing with the new era of data is starting to show the limits