How to Share Bad Project News
In the spirit of the holiday season, I just wanted to bring some levity to the blog. I’ll leave it…
Are Data Scientists the Next Masters of the Universe?
Back in the late 1970s, traders buying and selling mortgages were pushed aside for new masters of the universe—“quants” or…
Technology and Job Creation
In response to my recent post “Making industries ‘garage ready’ for startups," venture capitalist Jordan Elpern-Waxman made an interesting comment:
Analytics BS: 3 Questions to Spot It
There’s a lot of junk analytics around. Some analyses look sophisticated, but are simply incorrect. Others may be mathematically correct,…
Are You Transformed? The MIT Report on Analytics
Are you building a business case for further investments in business analytics?
Extreme Redundancy – Don’t Leave Home Without It!
Visa’s command and control center—somewhere on the east coast of the United States—is a case study in redundancy with intense…
No More CIO? At Forrester, New Title Signals New Approach to IT
Back in 2009 I wrote about Forrester Research CEO George Colony's suggestion that the information technology (IT) function should be…
CIOs Focusing Less on Infrastructure, More on Innovation
Seven Major CEO Concerns CIOs Should Address Understand the concerns of CEOs and the implications they may have on IT.
The Business Value of Collaborative Analytics
Companies that have developed advanced analytical capabilities will be more competitive than their peers whose analytical aptitudes aren’t as fully…
