Freakonomics and Your Data
In the August, 2005 issue of BusinessWeek, Michael Hopkins explored the best seller Freakonomics and it's authors' strategy for using…
Black Swan Alert: Low Tech Links Devastate High Tech Supply Chains
Find your supply chain best practices checklist. Just-in-time processes? Check. Optimum sourcing strategies? Check. Lean logistics? Check. Best-in-class technologies? Check. Black swan…
Using Sentiment to Understand Your Consumer & Your Competitors
One of our senior analysts, Peter Knoblock, wrote up a great post about sentiment: Sentiment – A Potential Mirage on…
Top 14 Benefits of Business Intelligence – Part II
The first of half of this investigation into the benefits of Business Intelligence (BI) – Yellowfin: Top 14 Benefits of…
Statistics Poetry by Geeks and Nerds
I couldn’t help myself. The creative juices started to flow and poetry spewed out of me like warm icing from…
Predictive Modeling Tools for Analytic Teams
The other session I got to see at FICO World was a panel discussion on analytic modeling tools with representatives…
The CIO Diaries – Bridging the Gap to LBOs
CIO -- “I am managing ten applications, eighty five virtual machines, four networks, twenty five IT projects and three data centers.…
Yellowfin: Top 14 Benefits of Business Intelligence (Part One)
Would you take a flying leap off a cliff if someone suggested it was a good idea? Would you strap…
Analysts Don’t Get No Respect – SDC Blogarama topic for November 14
Last month on October 6 we held a Blogarama on the topic of The Emerging Role of the Analyst. We…


