July 30, 2020 in Resoundingly Human
Navigating the COVID-19 landscape with the 2020 INFORMS President
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The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted once again the importance of data-driven and informed decision-making versus decisions made based on intuition and gut feelings when there are so many lives at stake. In particular, it highlighted the importance of fully analyzing and quantifying the potential impact of decisions under dynamically changing conditions and uncertainty.
When I last spoke with 2020 INFORMS President Pinar Keskinocak, it was the beginning of the year, and the worldwide impact of the COVID-19 pandemic had not yet been realized. It has only been a few months since then, but it feels like a lifetime. And we are only halfway through the year! Needless to say, 2020 has thrown some unexpected challenges to all of us, in how we live and work. I am once again joined by Pinar to discuss the year so far and the role that O.R. and analytics has played in helping the world address many of these challenges, as well as those still to come.
Want to learn more? Check out the additional resources and links listed below for more information about what was discussed in this episode.
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