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Agenda 2030 and CREM

16 Fri May 2025

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There are no passengers on spaceship earth. We are all crew.

Marshall McLuhan

The 2030 Agenda, officially known as the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, is a global framework adopted by all United Nations member states in September 2015. It aims to address the most pressing global challenges and promote sustainable development by 2030. The agenda is based on 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and 169 specific targets and covers three key dimensions: economic growth, social inclusion, and environmental protection.

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The Awkward Squad: Questioning Conventional Wisdom

14 Wed May 2025

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Full-Private Number-One in the Awkward Squad of the rank and file of life was Sloppy, and yet had his glimmering notions of standing true to the Colours.

Charles Dickens, Our Mutual Friend

I am a sceptic, part of the awkward squad of troublemakers.

  • The awkward squad consists of people who ask questions and who won’t stop asking until they arrive at the crux of the matter.
  • The awkward squad won’t take bullshit for an answer.
  • The awkward squad are unquestioningly not pre-programmed to follow specific paths.
  • The awkward squad will speak truth to power.
  • The awkward squad will question everything.

Such as, “What the hell is that all about?”

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Debunking Common Myths About Data

14 Wed May 2025

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Martyn Richard Jones, Galicia, 14th May 2025.

I’m feeling generous, so I would like to introduce you to my top eight list of foolish things that people say about data.

I think that data does have a role to play in some businesses. I also believe that some of the basic distributed file store and text search technologies used in data can be usefully employed, in non-traditional indexing, counting and correlation. However, there is an awful lot of nonsense said and written about data.

So, onwards and upwards.

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The Case for a Global Wealth Registry: Transparency Matters

23 Wed Apr 2025

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Martyn Richard Jones, A Coruña, 22nd April 2025 – Buy Revealing Wealth

Introduction

If anything, taxes for the lower and middle class and maybe even the upper-middle class should even probably be cut further. But I think that people at the high end – people like myself – should be paying a lot more in taxes. We have it better than we’ve ever had it.

Warren Buffett[1]

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The Role of Statisticians in the Age of Data Science

17 Thu Apr 2025

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Did data and AI kill the statistician?

Without a grounding in statistics, a Data Scientist is a Data Lab Assistant.

Martyn Jones

Hold this thought: There are big lies, damn big lies and data science with an AI chaser.

Statistics is a science, and some would argue that it is one of the oldest sciences.

Statistics can be traced back to the days of Augustus Caesar. He was a statesman, military leader, and the first emperor of the Roman Empire. Some set its provenance even earlier.

Indeed, suppose we accept that censuses are a part of statistics. In that case, we can trace history back to the Chinese Han Dynasty (2 AD). We can also consider the Egyptians (2,500 BC) and the Babylonians (4,000 BC).

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Building Insight

10 Thu Apr 2025

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Building Insight

BUY FROM AMAZON – IT’S A STEAL!

Structure is one of the life-support systems in a building. Only design decisions concerning fire have equally grave implications. People die from errors in structural design. The design of structures is personally enjoyable, visually and technically significant, and professionally satisfying; however, it will always be a deadly serious business. It has life-and-death consequences.[1]

Welcome to the world of corporate real estate management and advanced analytical insight. This is a book about building perception into a part of business that touches everything. Yes, it really is that big.

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