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Examples of AI and Operations Excellence from two Podcasts with Motorola Solutions
I just listened to two podcasts from leaders at Motorola Solutions. The first, from an investor perspective, is from January 2023 on Tech Disruptors…
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I'm talking about AI on April 18th at Chicago's CSCMP's 39th Annual Supply Chain Conference
If you can be in Chicago (technically Oak Brook) on April 18th and are interested in AI and supply chains, we’d love to see you at CSCMP’s annual…
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March 2024

My 5-Minute Story on The Moth
My wife and I have long been fans of The Moth’s Radio Hour Podcast. On long car rides, we heard many good stories. In addition to the national show and…
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Reading, Watching, and Listening Sources for Our First Lecture on AI Frameworks and History for Managers
Yuri Balasanov and I are about to start our Managerial Analytics class. (We would have named it Managerial AI, but we created it in 2014.) The class…
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Training the Next Generation of Decision Scientists: Northwestern's Client Project Challenge
On March 27, we are kicking off our annual Client Project Challenge (our undergraduate capstone). See the ~4-minute video about the program with…
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Slick Oil is Back Online
A simple exercise for showing the value of optimization
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February 2024

Leadership Advice I Give Students
If you met me at a party, there is zero chance you’d think I’m a natural leader. And, even though I’ve been lucky to have had many leadership positions…
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Four Follow-Up Comments to "Show Your Work!"
Last week’s post on Show Your Work! sparked some great comments. I wanted to preserve these in a post. Here are the four: One, forget how you were…
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Data and Decisions Scientists Should Share More: Five Lessons from “Show Your Work!”
At Opex Analytics, we successfully used two of Austin Kleon’s books. The books were Steal Like an Artist and Show Your Work! Both books are nominally…
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The Network Design Book on ChatGPT-4
I wanted to go deeper with ChatGPT and get in on some of the fun. I’m excited to announce a very early version of our Supply Chain Network Design Book…
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Elon Musk Book Review (Part 2 of 2): Operations Excellence
My favorite part of the book was all the details of operations excellence. In the popular media, Musk is branded a “tech” guy. In reality, he knows how…
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Elon Musk Book Review (Part 1 of 2): What Surprised Me
I really liked the book. I came into the book admiring his accomplishments with Tesla and self-driving capability. I left with a deeper understanding of…
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