Don't Be Hit by the Analytics Backlash - International Institute for Analytics

One of my typical activities in May is to teach the Analytics Academy, a short program offered to Harvard Ph.D. students and graduates from the School of Arts and Sciences. The session is offered through the Office of Career Services and explores how Ph.Ds from various fields can secure jobs and prosper outside of academia in the field of analytics, big data, and artificial intelligence. Since that same office provided me with some very useful business orientation when I was seeking a (partially, as it turns out) nonacademic career, I am always happy to return the favor. I've been doing this program for almost a decade, and the students have always been very enthusiastic and positive about analytics. But this year was different.