Data Visualization – A Growing Business Need
As the age of data analytics matures, there’s a new type of career track beginning for data nerds, designers and…
Best Practices Databases Are Replaced by Social Networks
A couple of weeks ago I facilitated a workshop about knowledge sharing within a large multinational. Several middle managers were…
Why isn’t our data quality worse?
In psychology, the term negativity bias is used to explain how bad evokes a stronger reaction than good in the…
Very Simple Segmentation Ideas for Retailers
Segmentation Strategy is a pretty common theme among eMarketers; we’ve covered some simple strategies in other posts on the blog…
Pirates of the Computer: The Curse of the Poor Data Quality
This re This recent tweet (expanded using TwitLonger) by Ted Friedman of Gartner Research conspired with the swashbuckling movie Pirates…
Segmentation is About Precision
Precision is a key tactic to creating relevance & engagement. To achieve this precision, you have to focus on your…
Banks, Risk Disclosure and Text Analytics
A UK-based MSc student of Kingston Business School - Christos Gkemitzis- had an idea for his MSc project which immediately…
The Data-Decision Symphony
As I have explained in previous blog posts, I am almost as obsessive-compulsive about literature and philosophy as I am…
Learning about data warehousing for mid-sized companies
My focus on the mid-market has caused me to speak with and work with companies looking at business intelligence from…
Video: Oh, the Data You’ll Show!
In May, I wrote a Dr. Seuss style blog post called Oh, the Data You’ll Show! inspired by the great…


