Managing By the Numbers: Penny Wise, Pound Foolish?
Every good business manager loves metrics. After all, the old adage, “You can't manage what you don't measure” still holds…
Voltaire, Apple, and the Myth of Perfect
I’ve been doing a great deal of research on Apple lately for my new book. In so doing, I’ve stumbled…
Governance: If It Isn’t Logical, It’s Political
It is hard to turn on the radio or TV, or read the paper or news web sites, without being…
Help Change the World with Data Science
New York based data scientist Jake recognizes that statisticians could be doing better things with data than trying to predict…
Marketing Manners & Business Intelligence: Give, and You Shall Receive
Business intelligence: We all strive for it. Marketing research departments are notorious for shelling out big bucks to survey companies…
Building an Analytical Portal to Support Analytical Culture
CAN was started in 2008, to make predictive analytics applicable and accessible to businesses of almost any size. To fulfill our…
Unifying Your Social and Private Data Analytics – Creating an Integrated Customer Data Hub
Analyzing social media conversations, while critical to surfacing real-time customer considerations and preferences, represents only part of the equation to…
“Pricing to Win” Makes Losers Out of Winners
Donald Tuck, Polish Prime Minister, is taking heat for the fiasco of awarding an important highway contract to a low-cost…
Many Kinds of Analytics, One Approach to Maximize Their Value
Working with clients it is clear that the interest in analytics has never been greater than it is today. Yet…
Auditing the Email Collection Process
I got an opportunity to audit five merchants with their email collection process - cupcakes, shoes, jeans, handbags and goggles.…
