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Abstract:
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The environment within which statisticians in the private sector work today is radically different than the environment of only 10--20 years ago. This situation has been brought about by numerous societal and organizational changes, such as the rise of the internet, globalization, changes in secondary education, and corporate improvement initiatives---such as Six Sigma. In short, we have gone from an environment in which a consulting paradigm for statistics organizations made sense and worked to one in which such a paradigm is inadequate and not viable long-term. This session will review briefly the changes in our environment and how our paradigm needs to change in order for corporate statistics groups to thrive in the current environment. This paradigm also requires new skills and behaviors in order for statisticians to be successful.
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