Dateline: September 9, 2016 Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. We can know our customer much better than ever before with the data we have about them. And we can use that data to create opportunities to delight our customers more than ever before. Recently author Karen Dillon published a blog, that suggested successful innovation is … [Read more...]
Making Decisions About Data
September 2, 2016 by Leave a Comment
Dateline: September 2, 2016 Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. Decision rights over how our data is managed is increasingly becoming a critical part of the CIO's role. Access to, and the ability to manipulate, data is core to strategic and operational decision making processes. Recently MIT researcher and author Michael Schrage … [Read more...]
Intuition vs Analytics
August 26, 2016 by Leave a Comment
Dateline: August 26, 2016 Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. Trusting analytics results over intuition can be big hurdle for seasoned managers. With years, perhaps decades, of experience and honing skills to make tough decisions, it's a big leap for many to stop trusting their intuition and start trusting recommendations from the data. … [Read more...]
Managing Your Data Vision
August 19, 2016 by Leave a Comment
Dateline: August 19, 2016 Data-first companies represent the biggest competitive threat to more traditional players. Unlike their older counterparts, data is integrated into their DNA, so they think and operate differently. The disruptive effects of such companies are causing more mature businesses to redefine "business as usual." Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think … [Read more...]
The 5 Minds of Analytics Team Members
August 12, 2016 by Leave a Comment
Dateline: August 12, 2016 The race is on in corporations everywhere to make sense of all the information flooding in. Knowing this, businesses that are investing in business intelligence, Big Data, analytics, and data science are hoping to gain a competitive edge. But technology is only one part of the challenge. You also need the right people and processes in place. Welcome to our Friday WRAP – … [Read more...]
Data Visualization for Story-Telling
August 5, 2016 by Leave a Comment
Dateline: August 5, 2016 Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. Collecting data is one thing, but being able to make sense of what it is telling us and communicating those messages are quite another. This month we are spending time looking at BI, analytics and data management topics. Today our topic is about data visualization. Recently … [Read more...]
Secrets to Building a Data-Driven Culture
July 29, 2016 by Leave a Comment
Dateline: July 29, 2016 Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. The competitive landscape is shifting rapidly in virtually every industry, fueled by the intelligent application of technology and data. While nearly all companies have more data than they know what to do with, a powerful minority is discovering new ways of leveraging it. Companies … [Read more...]
Intelligence for Management Learning
July 8, 2016 by Leave a Comment
Dateline: July 8, 2016 Avoiding a $500 million mistake is surely just as valuable as launching a $500 million product. Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. Recently, Harvard Business Review published a blog post about The Right Way to Use Competitive Intelligence. The article, by Benjamin Gilad, author, entrepreneur and former associate … [Read more...]
Building a Data Security Culture
June 24, 2016 by Leave a Comment
Dateline: June 24, 2016 Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. Last week's idea was from MIT's recent CIO Symposium. Today's idea also came from that event. Professor Sandy Pentland moderated a panel session on Big Data 2.0 that was summarized in Baseline Magazine. One panelist, Anthony Christie, from Level 3 Communications was … [Read more...]
Butterfly Effect Implications of IoT
March 4, 2016 by Leave a Comment
Dateline: March 4, 2016 Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. The Internet of Things (IoT) discussions are heating up and senior IT leaders are asking deeper, more thought provoking questions. Recently, I ran across an interesting discussion about the impact of IoT on predictive analytics. James Kobielus, IBM's Data Evangelist, suggested … [Read more...]
