Is the time ripe for appointing a Chief Business Intelligence Officer?
Business IntelligenceOnce more I have decided to pen this article based on a question that was raised on LinkedIn.com. The…
Two analysts’ stories
Yesterday I asked business analysts at the Tableau conference in Seattle about their work. Here are two quick sketches.• One…
The Social Solutions Model
I've tried several times to build a model that I can use in presentations to help describe a social business.…
free access to BI…is business intelligence slowly becoming a commodity?
Lately more vendors are moving towards the availability of free access to a specific set of their overall offerings. For…
Why is a 15 Year Old’s Insights More Interesting Than a Market Researchers?
There’s a lot of talk online today about an article in the Guardian about how Media execs at Morgan Stanley…
Repurposing Your Data Warehouse Platform—Not!
I’ve noticed lately that data warehouse vendors are dusting off the arguments and pitches of days gone by. Don’t buy…
The Federal Government and Analytics
I have recently read the latest Australian Federal Government's report on innovation. The report is called 'Powering Ideas: An Innovation…
Robert McNamara: good analytics, bad judgment
Tom Davenport on former Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara and how he failed despite good analytics.McNamara was a hedgehog rather…
A Big Cryptographic Boost for On-Demand BI and Extranets?
A recent cryptographic breakthrough made by Craig Gentry that potentially has huge consequences for business intelligence. One of the big…
Financial Services Analysis For Free
If you work at a Financial Services organization there is a great new source of free information. Chris Pratt, formerly…
