Love Your Data At A Distance

I have a deep love for data. It has an incredible ability to unmask the hidden truths of reality. So many discoveries come from the observations recorded in data and shared with the world.

After all, what makes a good public school? Is it the test scores? Really? The crushing pressure to meet academic test standards wrenches the life out of learning. Not because data-driven education is a failure. No, it is a debilitating success.

We should just keep that data in the friend zone.

It’s useful. It’s appreciated. And at scale, these test scores help us do that thing that every manager loves to do: control performance.

Regardless of your job title, you are a manager. Because there is some aspect of your life that you wish to improve. There is also more data to help you than ever before. Consider our efforts for weight loss. Correlate these efforts with the explosive growth of the wearable industry and you find that everyone not only wants to lose weight and be healthy but they also want the data to show them how.

Why? Again, to control performance.

For many people, these wearables become deeply influential. The data defines the quality of their lived experience. Was it a good day? Am I becoming the best version of myself? Let’s consult the Fitbit and see.

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