Executives Don’t Like Analytics: Why Business Isn’t Data-Driven
The business bestseller lists have showcased several high-profile books featuring case studies of companies enjoying competitive advantage from their cutting-edge…
Math Might Be Scary But It Isn’t New
In the good ol’ days, after the invention of numbers, we did everything by hand – by paper, pen, and…
Building a Text Analytics Command Center for Social & Private Data Analysis
I met with Mehrshad, our CIO, Social Intelligence Architect & VP of Product Management, to talk about a new concept…
Making Collaborative BI Happen
Everyone loves to talk about collaboration. It evokes positive associations – teamwork, sharing, and a host of others. And it…
Sentiment, Summits and Strategies: A Conversation with Seth Grimes
Last week, I had the great opportunity to chat with Seth Grimes about some of the work he is doing,…
Bidirectional Business Intelligence: What You Need to Know
Historically, business intelligence (BI) has always been about presenting information to users by way of reports, dashboards, and other types…
Business People Are Dumb On Average(s)
Here’s one real-life example of the limits in quantitative thinking observed in an average company, shared with me by Michael…
The Statistics of Counter-Terrorism
Is it worth more to save a person from a terrorist's bomb than, say, a car crash? John Mueller and…
The Three C’s of Social Business
Einstein said "everything must be made as simple as possible, but not one bit simpler". That concept, often tied to…
The Analytics of Terrorism
I’m a big believer in analyzing data in order to make sensible decisions. On the tenth anniversary of 9/11,…