Tyler Weeks

Fifteen Quick Lessons from the Other Side

What switching from physics to people analytics taught me about solving problems.
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Some things aren’t predictable.
A speculation on chaos and the fundamental limits of AI prediction for individual performance.
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Information Theory and Performance Ratings
What non-linear optics and information theory can teach us about the limits of our measurements.
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The Future is for the Experimentalist.
AI isn’t your scientist, it’s your lab. A lab without scientists is a glorified storage closet.
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The Equation on the Gravestone
More About Scale and Prediction.
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Prediction is a Property of Scale
People Analytics teams often undermine the trust of their stakeholders by promising individual certainty from tools designed for collective insights.
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Thriving with AI: Accelerating Innovation by Fostering Human Connection
How to Preserve Social Capital and Collective Intelligence in the Age of Frictionless Efficiency
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What Viral Corporate Jargon Reveals About Work
A lesson from Richard Feynman about the difference between knowing the name of a thing and understanding it.
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The Rise and Fall of the Blind Application
The future, and past, of job seeking is social health.
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Beyond the Badge: A Case for Outcome-Based Talent Strategies
Highly Productive Companies Build Highly Productive Teams, Not Collect Highly Skilled Individuals
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“One day I will find the right words, and they will be simple.” - Jack Kerouac
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