For many people, it’s been a tough year. Yet, underneath the gloom and rocky economy, we’re seeing buds of a…
I’m using this diagram (below) in two posts – this one, and one to be published shortly. Why? The…
Despite BI's advances, companies continue to struggle with responding quickly to a continuously evolving information landscape and the need for…
I titled the post "Innovation Management", but I intend to focus as much on the activity as on the underlying…
This is the 120th anniversary of an amazing event: the very first automobile accident.If you do not know about this,…
To protect against wild currency swings or volatile commodity costs, one surefire strategy employed by senior managers is hedging risk…
A few months ago I wrote a post on getting everyone involved in innovation initiatives, assuming that was something many, if…
As if to renounce one more convention of business, a Berkeley-area businessperson I know couldn’t find data, so he went…
Spoiler alert: It can’t be taught … What are you, somebody's lawyer? - Jim Dempsey, ca. 1984 (more…)
The above diagram was compiled by Florence Nightingale, who was – according to The Font – “a celebrated English social reformer and statistician, and the founder of…
At a time in our history when there is more data than ever before, the overwhelming majority of companies ...
Money Out the Window It’s scary to think about the dollars involved, but with over 70% of Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing projects failing it is surprising…
I always make the point that data is everywhere – and that a lot of it is free.
The internet and ecommerce world offers endless possibilities to use customer analytics and big data ..
