Big Data
Several month's ago a short video appeared on YouTube with an interview of LinkedIn's Chief Scientist DJ Patil. In it he discusses…
Accenture study: Companies structured for gut-thinking, not analytics
An Accenture study released today has some grim news for the analytically-minded. The survey of 600 senior managers shows that…
Converting Prospects into Repeat Buyers in Five Steps
Here are five best practices that work for marketers to convert their prospects into buyers, and then repeat buyers -…
Accelerating “Contribution to your Business” Through DWI and BI
As we begin this new year, it becomes paramount that we discuss a few of the key issues on business…
A Professional Criticism
I've been back in Australia for several years now and after a period adjusting to local conditions I now feel…
Enterprise Agility: It’s What We Do. It’s Who We are.
Today, I thought I’d just share an update on Teradata, and no, that is NOT me in the image...just wishful…
How can Enterprise Performance Management be Summarized?
I spend a lot of time investigating and writing about just exactly what enterprise performance management is and how to…
Why Dunbar’s Number is Irrelevant
For those of you not familiar with Dunbar’s number it basically says that the most amount of people that you…
Other characteristics of decision-centric organizations
Decision-centric organizations also focus on automating, not just supporting, decisions. They use this focus to develop simpler, standard processes and…
Operational decision making as a corporate asset
I often tell companies and other organizations that they should treat decisions and decision making as assets. In Smart (Enough)…
