Numerati author Baker would have us believe that behavior and outcomes can be reduced to a number diagram. And so number geek companies like IBM are trying to categorize employee activities by the number. Take a click and see what you think.
Frnakly ths sounds like the old conundrum, unless you have exerpience doing this you cannot get the job, which raises the question, how do I get the experience?
Television and movie studios are forever working this problem, who is the right person for the part? Would Frank Sinatra have been a better Godfather than Marlon Brando, I doubt it but Frank was considered. On the other hand, Ronald Reagan was originally cast to play Rick in Casablanca, happily Bogart ended up wtih the part and as they say the rest is history. But then I never got to see what Ron would have done with the role either.
My point about the movie connection is that I am not sure a number strategy can refine such qualitiative differences.
Professor Elam 
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