Don't look for unicorns, build a data science team

When it comes to big data, one thing seemingly everyone can agree on is that organizations face a shortfall of data science talent. After all, the ideal data scientists aren't just wunderkinds in advanced mathematics and statistics, they're creative, non-linear thinkers with excellent communication skills. In popular parlance they're unicorns — magical creatures that don't exist.Research firm McKinsey has predicted that by 2018, the U.S. alone may face a 50 percent to 60 percent gap betwee