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Posted by terry_b_j on Jan 17, 2013 in Quote of the Day | 0 comments
“For any risk management method used in the pharmaceutical industry or any other industry, we must ask, again, ‘How do we know it works?’ If we can’t answer that question, then our most important risk management strategy should be to find a way to answer it and adopt a risk assessment and risk mitigation method that does work.” – Hubbard, Douglas W. (2009). The Failure of Risk Management: Why It’s Broken and How to Fix It
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Posted by Douglas Hubbard on Nov 7, 2011 in Quote of the Day | 0 comments
“Just as weather forecasting becomes more accurate with increased numbers of sensors and improved computational power, forecasting the “weather” of society will become just as scientific.” - Hubbard, Douglas W. (2011-05-03). Pulse: The New Science of Harnessing Internet Buzz to Track Threats and Opportunities.
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Posted by Douglas Hubbard on Nov 3, 2011 in Quote of the Day | 0 comments
“As early as the 1970s and 1980s, research began to show there was often little correlation between self-reported data about social interaction and actual behavior.” - Hubbard, Douglas W. (2011-05-03). Pulse: The New Science of Harnessing Internet Buzz to Track Threats and Opportunities.
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Posted by Douglas Hubbard on Nov 2, 2011 in Quote of the Day | 0 comments
“… online search patterns, social networks, and blogging/ micro-blogging have all been correlated with interesting forecasts about disease outbreaks, political opinions, employment, and even how much money a movie can make.” - Hubbard, Douglas W. (2011-05-03). Pulse: The New Science of Harnessing Internet Buzz to Track Threats and Opportunities.
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Posted by Douglas Hubbard on Nov 2, 2011 in Quote of the Day | 0 comments
“Our online conversations, no matter how random, inane, or ‘ignored’ our posted thoughts might be, do appear to correlate with—and even predict—trends in measures of the economy and public opinion.” - Hubbard, Douglas W. (2011-05-03). Pulse: The New Science of Harnessing Internet Buzz to Track Threats and Opportunities.
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