Dateline: May 7, 2016 Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. Recently, former colleague Franklin Cantrell posted the 8 Major IT Processes and Why They Matter . His post shared a wonderful diagram of the 8 major IT processes and is a nice way to communicate with business partners about the activities and work done by the IT organization. … [Read more...]
The Tortoise and The Hare: Building a Culture of Analytics
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Dateline: April 22, 2016 Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. Building a culture of analytics combines change management with technical competence. Running the organization by numbers and data is not always understood or accepted. Recently, one of my International Institute of Analytics colleagues, Bill Franks, wrote a thought provoking … [Read more...]
Preparing for Millennials on your Team
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Dateline: March 25, 2016 Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. This week's food for thought comes from a recent article published by BloombergBusiness titled, How Satisfying Millennials Could Save PwC $850 Million. PwC or PricewaterhouseCoopers, is a large, multinational consulting firm employing more than 200,000 employees world-wide. … [Read more...]
Virtual Reality Changes How We Will Hold Meetings
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Dateline: March 18, 2016 Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. This week, I've been at SXSW Interactive scouting out innovative ideas and identifying trends. SXSWi celebrated it's 30 anniversary this year, and the conference was as overwhelming as ever with hundreds of sessions, speakers, and events to attend over a 5 day period. One trend … [Read more...]
Butterfly Effect Implications of IoT
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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...]
HR’s New Tool: Big Data
January 29, 2016 by Leave a Comment
Dateline: January 29, 2016 Using big data for performance evaluation allows companies to look at real-time data, rather than just annual reviews. This way, it's easier to get an idea of the larger picture of how happy and engaged employees are across the organization. Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. Increasing retention and customer … [Read more...]
What We Can Learn From Netflix
December 18, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Dateline: December 18, 2015 Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. It's hard to argue with the success that Netflix has had. A recent Inc. column highlighted things Netflix did that we can learn from. The column, The Secrets Behind the Extraordinary Success at Netflix, was written by Justin Barios, but based on a LinkedIn blog by … [Read more...]
Data, Reputation and the Sharing Economy
November 6, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Dateline: November 6, 2015 Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. In the sharing economy, reputation is critical to success. According to Boston College Professor Sam Ransbotham, who recently published a blog titled Data at the Heart of the Sharing Economy at Sloan Management Review, trust and reputation are the secret sauce of the sharing … [Read more...]
