Big Data, Big Money and Big Opportunities
It often worries me that much of the excitement about big data and business analytics relates to marketing initiatives. In…
Rexer Analytics Survey – are data miners too focused on their models?
Rexer Analytics have just released the results of their 2011 survey – the 5th annual one, answered by over 1,300…
No Data, No Problem (Pt 2) – Your region/division/unit is not special.
Given the popularity of my blog “No Data, No Problem - My Lean Six Sigma Data Collection Secrets”, I decided…
Analytics and Big Data – Press pause on the Stairmaster
Our lives have become hectic. We are working harder and longer. We talk about life balance, but for so many…
Worst Practices While Deploying a Predictive Model
With the inception of predictive analytics the reactive decision making has been proven unsuccessful. Organizations have started to take more…
Paid, Earned and Owned Are Dead
It’s absolutely perfect timing for this blog post (which I’ve been thinking about for the last month or so), hot…
Big Data: The Coming Sensor Data Driven Productivity Revolution
When it comes to Big Data, we often think of user (human) generated social media data. But sensor (machine) generated…
Tips for Leaders – Driving Change with Stories and Numbers
One of the biggest challenges that leaders face when driving change is getting everyone on board with the new direction.…
Text Analytics Is Hard (That’s What She Said)
You think math is hard? Hah. At least in math, there is a clearly defined right answer, unless you’re talking…
Correlating Gas Prices with Social Media Sentiment
Sentiment analysis isn’t perfect and anyone who has tried to do it with social media data will confirm that. The…
