Re: Theory and practice

From: Bob Badour <bbadour_at_pei.sympatico.ca>
Date: Fri, 07 Mar 2008 09:21:53 -0400
Message-ID: <47d14172$0$4073$9a566e8b_at_news.aliant.net>


Roy Hann wrote:

> "tip" <incgnito_at_live.com> wrote in message
> news:c2948b24-c4ee-4fbf-b8d0-920bc580d729_at_s19g2000prg.googlegroups.com...
>

>>1. If you were asked to specify, based on your experience, what are
>>the top 10 data management problems rooted in poor foundational
>>knowledge, what would those be?

>
> I do a lot of product-specific training in the workplace. Two weeks ago I
> was training a roomful of university graduates for one of the big
> consultancies. One of the exercises incidentally asked the students to
> compute a percentage. I had to explain how.
>
> Faced with that, it hardly seems worth considering your question above.
>
> Ask me again in a few weeks when I've forgotten the experience.

Ah, but I bet they know how to put together an impressive PowerPoint slide. Received on Fri Mar 07 2008 - 14:21:53 CET

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