The Danger of Relying on Data for Decisions

Dateline: December 9, 2016 Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. Data-driven decision making is quickly becoming table stakes for every managerial decision. Using analytics to understand options and predict outcomes relies on data to fuel the analytics engine.  Recently Professor Sam Ransbotham, editor of the Sloan Management Review Data and … [Read more...]

The Importance of Quantifying the Enterprise Value of Data

Data is no longer the domain of tech companies or IT departments — it is fast becoming a centerpiece of corporate value creation more generally. Dateline: October 7, 2016 Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. Recently, coauthors Dante Disparte and Daniel Wagner published a blog urging leaders to more accurately value their enterprise data … [Read more...]

Data, Reputation and the Sharing Economy

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...]