How “Dirty Data” Derails Your Company’s Data Analytics and ROI
How much of what your company knows is useful? Which data is current? In a recent webinar about the dangers…
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…
Is the Instant-On Enterprise Right for You?
How is your enterprise dealing with Big Data? We’ve written much about the growing benefits and challenges Big Data is…
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…
The power of analytics for public sector: Building analytics…
The power of analytics for public sector: Building analytics competency to accelerate outcomes Complex societal, economic, political and environmental pressures…
The Three Threes of BI Dashboards
Wayne Eckerson likes the number three. At least, he uses it alot in his book, "Performance Dashboards."Wayne, research director at…
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…
How to Calculate R-squared for a Decision Tree Model
A client recently wrote to us saying that she liked decision tree models, but for a model to be used…
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,…
How to Bake a White Paper from Scratch: Part One—the Recipe
Welcome to part one of the “bake a white paper from scratch” series. Here you sit, ready to start your…
