Risk and Five Sigma Events – Can They Happen to You?
Perhaps it’s a sense of optimism wired into humans (or conversely delusion), but when business managers think of worst case…
Predictive Analytics World New York City Conference Announces Speaker Line-Up
New York City, NY – Predictive Analytics World, the business-focused event for predictive analytics professionals, managers and commercial practitioners, today…
The Urgent Crowds Out the Important
Do you ever wonder why it takes so long for organizations to adopt modern managerial methods than can help them…
Looking for (data) love in all the wrong places
I just had dinner with a friend who works with customer data for a new line of business (LOB) for a…
Sybase Analyst Summit Takeaways
Last week I attended Sybase‘s annual analyst summit. The first since the formal SAP acquisition was jam packed with customer…
Why Medians May Not be the Message – for Talent Data
I was reading a piece in the Journal this morning on a scientific debate regarding an Alzheimer’s study. The debate…
Man vs. Machine Contests: Forget “Level” Playing Fields
Just got back from Seattle on a red-eye, and I take off for Paris on another red-eye Sunday night. I'm…
Governance of the People? Of the Data? For the …
Just read Julie Hunt’s blog on the connections between business process and data governance. Interesting. http://preview.tinyurl.com/proc1hunt. In it, she quotes Rob…
What Do You Mean by BI?
For some reason the topic of “best practice BI” has been popping up very frequently of late. In the past…
