Ethics and Fraud – From a Gray Area to Prison
I was recently honored to be a keynote speaker at the Institute…
Horse Racing’s Triple Crown – Just like Business Analysts*
The Belmont horserace, third leg of the USA’s prestigious Triple Crown races,…
A Poorly Managed Company’s Tour Guide: Performance Mangement and the ‘Mesdup’ Corporation
Publicly traded companies issue annual reports that increasingly look like magazines.…
C. K. Prahalad (1941-2010) – Core Competencies and Business Analytics
The recent death of C. K. Prahalad, a proponent of that organizations…
Getting the other 90% of analytic adoption to happen
Analytics is a hot topic these days, with more and more…
The Iceland Volcano Ash – A Great Way to Validate Business Analytics
Like many business travelers my flight home to the USA was delayed…
Don’t rely on your staff’s ability to do math
I often tell folks that one of the benefits of decision management…
When the data point tells a different story
I grew up on a farm, surrounded by all “Old MacDonald’s” animals. …
A Hollywood Celebrity’s Use of Analytics
At a recent CFO.com magazine conference I attended, Accenture’s Jeanne G. Harris,…