What is Your Market Research Identity?
Is it time to slaughter your sacred research cows? The relative interest in the recent post about the census surprised…
Predictive Analytics: 8 Things to Keep in Mind (Part 6)
Theme 6: Delivering the prediction at the point of decision is critical In 2007, my wife worked as a hospitalist…
Statistical learning with MARS
Steve Miller at the InformationManagement blog has been looking at predictive analytics tools for business intelligence applications, and naturally turns…
Pattern-based strategy
Tom Austin opened day 2 with a discussion of pattern-based strategies. How, he asks, did the world get so many…
Advanced Analytics
A major item organizations grapple with is the concept of advanced analytics. They want it, but have little idea how…
How Many Analysts Does It Take To Screw In A Lightbulb?
An old joke but a question I face each time I am asked gather a team to create a sustainable…
Stephen few on the problem with BI
In a recent post, Big BI is Stuck: Illustrated by SAP BusinessObjects Explorer, Stephen Few took issue with the claims…
BI and unstructured data continued…
Last week I wrote a piece for Dashboard Insight about the convergence of BI and unstructured data. Over the years…
Use of Technology – My thought process on this one is a bit left field I know but… Part2
An update on my original blog discussing the issue of how to best leverage technology to gain advantage – I…
Stunning Business Intelligence Visualizations… from 1830
FastCompany has a great article this week on the results of the 1830 census, and the hand-made graphics (“BI –2.0”?)…


