How to influence change? The data science process is not my idea yet my bosses and peers tell me to stop pushing my ideas.

Title says it well. I work as a data scientist for a company. They even put me back into school for me to get a masters in data science.

Yet any discussions where I mention that our business needs to shift from gut assumptions to a more data backed decision making process, get immediately shut down.

My own boss, a director of data science, labeled this as a “passion project” of mine. “Stop trying to force your ideas onto people.” …

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