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…
Is there anything new in Predictive Analytics?
Federal Computer Week's John Zyskowski posted an article on Jan 8, 2010 on Predictive Analytics entitled "Deja vu all over…
The Life Saved By a Database May Be Your Own! Dot-Connecting Is Serious Business
By now, we’re all aware of the Detroit bombing attempt and President Obama’s comment that US security organizations need to…
The Quality Gap: Why Being On-Time Isn’t Enough
In which Jill advocates behavior changes, starting at the top. But not for you. No, you’re fine. Just for other…
Data Visualization: How (2 of 2)
The short answer, as you know, is that it's impossible to tell you how to be insightful and imaginative in…
