Not long ago, I was asked by a research partner and friend to guest speak at his Stanford MBA class on “People Analytics,” which explores how social networks interact and how data can be used to understand them. The lesson I took away from this experience has stayed with me through every presentation I have made since.
The focus of my lecture was on how to make analytics-based solutions for organizational/team coordination purposes commercially viable. I’d never lectured before and spent a ton of time prepping material with slides, points I’d like to make, and a perfectly curated talk track.
The class was an hour long, and I spent around 35 minutes presenting and the rest answering questions. By the end of it, I was mentally exhausted. Absolutely brain-dead.
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