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THE SOUND HORIZON THE SOUND HORIZON SURVIVORSHIP BIAS (and the dangers of your own hype) Dominic Pride D:Health Catalyst Partnering and Opportunity 9 June 2015

Survivorship Bias and the Perils of Believing Your Own PR

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THE SOUND HORIZONTHE SOUND HORIZON

SURVIVORSHIP BIAS(and the dangers of your own hype)

Dominic  Pride    D:Health  Catalyst  Partnering  and  Opportunity  

9  June  2015

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WHAT WE DO

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Create Services

•Define  and  size  the  opportunity  •Develop  strategy  •Align  with  business  goals  

•Create  business  case  •Support  decision-­‐making  

•Formulate  Go  To  Market  approach  

•Prepare  for  sales  readiness

Develop Markets

•Envision  future  needs  •Develop  insights  •Bring  key  journeys  to  life  •Define  &  design  service  •Prototype  and  iterate  •Manage  launch  build  

•Transfer  knowledge

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OUR THINKING ON DIGITAL HEALTH

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WHO AM I?

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Refreshing    Health  Drink

MeYou

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YOUR CURRENT PRESENTATION NEEDS

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You 2    Facts

10    Minutes

1    LolCat*

*Minimum  Commitment

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OUR DIGITAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVE

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DIGITAL HEALTHDigital Service Creation

Health Domain Expertise

We  approach  from  service  creation  rather  than  health  expertise

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WE’VE SEEN SOME DIFFERENT THINGS

Source: Michael DeGusta: The Understatement http://ow.ly/aJixq Inflation and population adjusted Quoted in: Silicon Alley Insider Feb. 18, 2011 http://ow.ly/aJiC5

-64%

World’s  largest  recorded  music  market  lost  2/3  of  consumer  spend  since  filesharing  began.

1999: Napster

2003: iTunes

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BLACK SWAN EVENTS

Rare

“Unforeseen”

Catastrophic

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THE ORIGIN OF THE “BLACK SWAN”

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Image: Allan Ramsay [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

“No  amount  of  observations  can  allow  the  inference  that  all  swans  

are  white.    

But  the  observation  of  a  single  black  swan  is  

sufficient  to  refute  that  conclusion.”  

-­‐  David  Hume

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THE ORIGIN OF THE “BLACK SWAN”

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Image: By Sarah Josephine Taleb (http://www.fooledbyrandomness.com/pictures.htm) [Attribution], via Wikimedia Commons

“Rare  events  are  always  unexpected  otherwise  they  would  not  occur.    

 Rare  events  exist  precisely  because  they  are  

unexpected."  

-­‐  Nassim  Nicholas  Taleb

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BLACK SWAN EVENTS

Depend on magnitude of outcome

NOT

Frequency of occurrence

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THE ACUTE

LUCKY RANDOMNESS

FOOL

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Survival through luck, not skill

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Presenting  with  more  injuries

Presenting  with  fewer  injuries

Not  presenting  

at  all

SURVIVORSHIP BIAS IN ACTION

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IGNORE THE BIAS AT YOUR PERIL

• Over-­‐optimism  leads  through  not  seeing  failure  

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• Belief  in  some  special  traits  of  survivors

CAUSATION vs.

CORRELATION

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WE’RE SUCCESSFUL SO FAR BECAUSE….

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..we  own  the  music  rights

..we  own  the  TV  stations

..our  drivers  are  licensed

..we  own  the  real  estate

..we’ve  got  banking  licenses

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IT’S NOT JUST ABOUT RANDOMNESS

• Partner,  learn  and  share  

• #fail  fast  

• Don’t  believe  your  own  success  story

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 “The  things  that  come  with  little  help  from  luck  are  more  resistant  to  

randomness.”    

-­‐  Nassim  Nicholas  Taleb

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IN CASE YOU MISSED IT..

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THE SOUND HORIZONTHE SOUND HORIZON

Let’s talk!

[email protected]  www.thesoundhorizon.com  

@thesoundhorizon

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Dominic  Pride.  The  Sound  Horizon  2009-­‐2015.  Some  Rights  Reserved.

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