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Decision Making with Uncertainty Requires Wideward Thinking

Andrew White

COVID-19 and the related economic fallout has pushed organizations to extreme cost optimization decision making with uncertainty. In the realm of AI and Machine Leaning, data is used to train models to help explore specific business issues or questions. The models are practically useless. Everything Changes.

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Why Relying on Spreadsheets for Planning will Drive Your Business Into the Slow Lane

Jet Global

Webinar Date: February 18, 2021 at 11 AM Local Time. With the pace of change and uncertainty facing your business, is your current planning process fit for purpose? Discover: How to get started quickly – by turning your existing spreadsheet models into a robust, scalable, and agile planning solution. Register Now. Register Now.

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COVID-19 Data Spreads like a Virus

Juice Analytics

As I was listening to a Data Visualization Society round table discussion about the responsible use of COVID-19 data (properly distanced and webinar-ed, of course), a few thoughts seemed most relevant. Forecasts are built by experts, using lots of assumptions, based on very complex and specifically applied statistical models.

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New Applied ML Research: Meta-Learning & Structural Time Series

Cloudera

We’re collecting both into our upcoming webinar, our very first Fast Forward Research Roundup. Instead of relying on pre-trained models that may be less effective for domain-specific problems, what meta-learning proposes is to use an end-to-end deep learning algorithm. To aid that, we’ll also be releasing a lot more code as we go!

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The New Normal for FP&A: Scenario Planning

Jedox

We are currently operating in an environment with a very high (if not the highest ever) level of VUCA, (Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, Ambiguity). The way you mitigate uncertainty is with planning, planning, and more planning. To quote General/President Dwight D.

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Learning from CEOs: Collaboration and connectivity are keys to navigating sustainability

IBM Big Data Hub

Most admit uncertainty around ROI and nearly half struggle with adequate insights from their data. Findings and lessons from these transformational leaders will be discussed in an upcoming AI for Good webinar at 10:00 AM ET on October 25, 2022. Learn how CEOs inspire new partnership models to turn sustainability goals into action.

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The Art and Science of FP&A Storytelling

Timo Elliott

You can watch the webinar here (registration required) to learn how to conduct FP&A storytelling in order to enhance fact-based decision making. First, because uncertainty exploded. We’re no longer talking about tinkering at the margins of a stable business model. But recently, there has been a surge in demand.