From Big Data to Smart Data: Supporting Critical Business Decisions
Last week at Lithium's LiNC event I did a session on big data with Lithium Principal Scientist Dr Michael Wu.…
Fight Back Against Black Swan Fatigue
In today’s lean, just-in-time, and over optimized world, it’s not uncommon for executives roll their eyes when the term “Black…
The New Way to Segment For a 6x Greater Return
I have been thinking about this for some time (BTW, this is a short post – hope to ignite some…
The Netflix Prize, Occam’s Razor and PMML
I just finished reading an excellent posting on the Netflix Tech Blog by Xavier Amatriain and Justin Basilico. Entitled "Netflix…
Fashion + Analytics + Social = The Perfect Ensemble
I’ll be presenting at Decoded Fashion next week at the Lincoln Center in New York:
Another Wisdom of Crowds Prediction Win at eMetrics / Predictive Analytics World
This past week at Predictive Analytics World / Toronto (PAW) has been a great time for connecting with thought leaders…
The Data Analytics of the NFL Draft
Today is a big day for all you football fans and data geeks. Are you ready for the NFL draft?
Gartner says predictive analytics are the hot BI topic.
Rita Sallam, BI analyst for Gartner, says that the use of predictive analytics software will be pervasive by 2020. By…
Revealing Human Nature through Social Media Measurement
The Atlantic Ocean contains 100 billion, billion gallons of water and "if each gallon of water represented a byte or…
