Signal & Noise blog
Skimle's blog dedicated to high quality analysis using modern methods
Quality as the differentiator in the era of AI
AI can produce slop at amazing speeds - but nobody gets value from it. We argue that in the era of AI, developing your own sense of quality and striving for it pays off more than ever.
How to analyse interview transcripts - 5 steps from raw data to powerful synthesis
Learn how to analyze interview transcripts in a business setting with this 5-step approach developed based on my experience at McKinsey. Turn 200 pages of data into actionable insights in hours, not w...
Effective business interviews - Tips and tricks from a former McKinsey Partner
Before founding Skimle I was a Partner at McKinsey and did more than 1000 interviews. Here I share my interview guide and top tips.
Board meeting preparation - how to come prepared for the big meeting
Board meetings, official hearings, executive reviews. They all share one thing: hundreds of pages of pre-read materials and little time to digest them before the important moment. Here is what I have ...
Why ‘RAGs to riches doesn’t work’ - structuring data instead of dumping embeddings
Developers are starting to realise that even after optimising embeddings, chunking logic, reranking and models, RAG (Retrieval-Augmented-Generation) falls short in many real world applications