New Healthcare Ecosystem Requires New Collaboration Approaches
In reading a recent article published by PharmaExec on Innovative Contracting, http://blog.pharmexec.com/2012/07/25/innovative-contracting-whats-the-verdict/, it was encouraging to see continued discussion within…
Test, Learn, Adapt: Using Analytics to Improve Public Policy
Ben Goldacre of Bad Science fame has co-written a UK Cabinet Office paper on how to improve government policy through…
Ya Can’t See the Forest Through the Trees
I was talking with a doctor on the train the other day who was complaining about the current state of…
Technology Integration and Big Data: Extracting Value
Most people think of Big Data as being about volume, but there are other critical dimensions such as velocity and…
Rexer Analytics Survey – are data miners too focused on their models?
Rexer Analytics have just released the results of their 2011 survey – the 5th annual one, answered by over 1,300…
Human Resources Analytics – Actionable Insights From Employee Satisfaction Surveys
Today, in any vision, or mission or whatever else fancy name organizations come up with, you will find one sentence…
The Analytics Journey
In today’s world, analytics is a widely used terminology but with several different connotations. These differences arise from the various…
Decision Services, Watson and Cognitive Computing
When James Taylor and I wrote the book “Smart (Enough) Systems: How to Gain Competitive Advantage by Automating Hidden Decisions,”…
The Big Question In Big Data Is…What’s The Question?
All The Current Talk Of Big Data Technology Misses The Point The hype around big data has crescendoed to the…
When to Just Flip a Coin
Sometimes the best way to make a decision is to flip a coin.Not all decisions need to be made through…