You’ve Made Your ERP an Island – Now What? – Perhaps You Should Consider a PET
For companies that have implemented ERP, whether it be SAP, Oracle, Sage, Microsoft Dynamics or one of the lesser known…
Big Data + Intimate Stories = Big Impact
I’m not alone in feeling that the breathless excitement about “Big Data” is a bit much — just ask Stephen…
How Do We Know Which Research to Trust? Rachel Kennedy
Welcome to this series of live blogs from the IJMR Research Methods Forum in London. Any errors, omissions, or silly…
The Strategy of Big Data
Facebook was once again front and center in the news as its number of worldwide users eclipsed one billion! When Facebook…
How Nate Silver Won the Election with Data Science
While I'm pleased with the outcome of yesterday's election in political terms, I'm equally thrilled about the victory for Data…
The Predictive Power of Nonsense
The 2012 US Presidential race comes to a close today (thankfully), and there is no shortage of wacky indicators predicting…
Why Predictive Modelers Should be Suspicious of Statistical Tests
Well, the danger is really not the statistical test per se, it the interpretation of the statistical test. Yesterday I…
Guest Blogger: Len Tashman Previews Fall 2012 Issue of Foresight
Editor Len Tashman's Preview of ForesightThe importance of Editor Len Tashman's Preview of ForesightThe importance of trust in the dissemination…
Analytics Overkill: Dashboards, Analysis and Big Data in the US Election
The presidential race was tight - or so we were told. What I found fascinating in the run-up to the…
Data Mining Book Review: Dance with Chance
If you ever worked on time series prediction (forecasting), you should read Dance with Chance. It is written by a…