Rodger Devine knows about change. He used to be in the backroom writing client-server management tools and keeping the servers up. Now, he leads leadership annual giving program as well as data analytics and advancement operations at one of the largest colleges at USC. 

In this talk, we discuss:

• Change management
• Barriers to analytics adoption
• Shifting perspectives
• Asking yourself "why"
• Embracing failures 
• And why you should be kind to yourself

Some of the resources we discussed:

• CRISP-DM
• IBM's white papers
• Erik Wahl's book: Unthink
• Simon Sinek's book: Start with why