From the Midfield to the Top
We’ve had a magnificent morning with a Super Session with the former CEO of Tesco, Sir Terry Leahy, and another…
Tom Davenport’s Culture of Analytics
On March 15 in San Francisco, Tom Davenport addressed a plenary session at Data Driven Business Week, calling his presentation The…
A New Economy of Data
There is a revolution in data. Yet the revolution is not as much a new technology as it is a…
Why Predicting the Future is So Darn Difficult
Predicting the future is difficult—just ask George Soros. While Soros is often celebrated for the $1 billion profit he made…
Google Engineering and Insights Into Human Nature
Humans organize to get big things done. And for years leaders and thinkers have tried to optimize organizations. You have…
Enterprise Data Management Fitness – Look Before You Leap
The initial phase of a project should be an assessment. A classic systems integrators’ project methodology will include this phase…
Talk Analytics with Executives – Revisited
Analysts often complain that their work has little impact on decision-making. Seems ridiculous, doesn’t it? Businesses invest in analytics resources,…
Actionable Information Governance
A Practical Approach ToCorporate Information Governance It sounds obvious that deciding what it is that you want to govern is…
Back To Basics: The Business Requirement For Reporting
Corporate business intelligence is my bread and butter and I have just spent some time writing down some basic explanations…
A Poem to Inspire Lower Management Level Managers
With this blog I am taking a “walk down memory lane.” I provide a poem written by Clive Dupont who…
