How Google’s new “answer” machine could rock Web business
Google's new search technology, Google Squared, attempts to answer factual questions right in the query results, so that searchers don't…
Lessons Learned from Cubetree; an Enterprise Social Software Company
I had the opportunity to speak with the CEO of Cubetree last night and one of the things we talked…
Defining The Analytic Process
I was asked the other day to explain what I meant by the terms Analytics and 'Analytic Process'. My first…
Other characteristics of decision-centric organizations
Decision-centric organizations also focus on automating, not just supporting, decisions. They use this focus to develop simpler, standard processes and…
ETL, Data Quality and MDM for Mid-sized Business
Is data quality a luxury that only large companies should be able to afford? Of course the answer is no.…
Can Social Media become a Universal Translator?
I have always been a huge fan of science fiction, mostly television and movies, but also a few select books…
Operational decision making as a corporate asset
I often tell companies and other organizations that they should treat decisions and decision making as assets. In Smart (Enough)…
Disasters by Damage Control or Risk Management?
Watching the news grabs and reading about the Haiti disaster highlights to me the vast, tragic human cost of such…
Forming, Storming, Norming, Performing, Adjourning and Transforming
That’s quite a mouthful I know. This concept was recently introduced to me by Gil Yehuda via email and was…
Thinking different with decision analysis
When Wayne Eckerson foresees a trend, it’s news even if others might have already foreseen it. He’s the director of…