Reflections on Gate 24
It only took me a few minutes to walk the entire length of the Will Rogers World Airport in Oklahoma…
The Business Impact of EPM (a case study)
What difference does Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) make in your business?This is the question Finance, IT, and the business should…
Making Government Information More Accessible
A co-worker tipped me off to a public, non-profit service that deserves all the publicity it can get. It’s called…
No Long Tail from iTunes
There have been quite a few posts in recent months about analytics involving the Long Tail. For an overview see;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Long_TailPersonally,…
The New Chasm
I believe that readers of my blog are familiar with the chart below. It is the classical “Crossing the chasm”…
5 Phases of Data Analytics Maturation: Part 2
This post is the 2nd part in a 2 part series. Last time we talked about how organizations use Tribal…
SiSense dashboard competition
Even though I normally don't advertise industry competitions, since I'm one of the judges, I thought I'd share the link…
Detecting the Madoff Effect: Methodology for Fraud in Hedge Funds
As a result of the recent Bernard Madoff fraud scheme, pension funds and corporate finance managers have been put on…
What do I want my Epitaph and Legacy to Be?
Have you ever played around with the self-improvement exercise of writing your own obituary or epitaph? It is intended to…
The First Date
We have the unique opportunity to provide consulting services to a relationship company, helping them improve their communications. As part…