Lyza – Supporting Collaborative Process in Decision Making
Lyzasoft's Scott Davis returned to the Boulder BI Brain Trust (BBBT) last Friday with Lyza version 3.0. Here's my key…
Executives Don’t Like Analytics: Why Business Isn’t Data-Driven
The business bestseller lists have showcased several high-profile books featuring case studies of companies enjoying competitive advantage from their cutting-edge…
Making Collaborative BI Happen
Everyone loves to talk about collaboration. It evokes positive associations – teamwork, sharing, and a host of others. And it…
Bidirectional Business Intelligence: What You Need to Know
Historically, business intelligence (BI) has always been about presenting information to users by way of reports, dashboards, and other types…
Business People Are Dumb On Average(s)
Here’s one real-life example of the limits in quantitative thinking observed in an average company, shared with me by Michael…
How Predictive Analytics Can Save Zebras
Predictive analytics can be used to drive brand loyalty, create cross-sell as well as upsell opportunities, predict and manage operations…
What is the Biggest Challenge for Big Data?
Often I think about challenges that organizations face with “Big Data”. While Big Data is a generic and over-used term,…
Do Social Media Monitoring Tools Provide True Intelligence?
Having recently read a report from WebLiquid one of the interesting facts to consider is that around 70% of marketers…
The analyst function is dead
The role of the operational analyst has moved from the business into both Finance and into IT. The Finance team…
Loyalty Proven Critical to CPG Sales Growth
Traditional methods of CPG shopper marketing may be losing steam, as described in this article in Ad Age the other…
