From the Midfield to the Top
We’ve had a magnificent morning with a Super Session with the former CEO of Tesco, Sir Terry Leahy, and another…
Tom Davenport’s Culture of Analytics
On March 15 in San Francisco, Tom Davenport addressed a plenary session at Data Driven Business Week, calling his presentation The…
A New Economy of Data
There is a revolution in data. Yet the revolution is not as much a new technology as it is a…
Why Predicting the Future is So Darn Difficult
Predicting the future is difficult—just ask George Soros. While Soros is often celebrated for the $1 billion profit he made…
Enterprise Data Management Fitness – Look Before You Leap
The initial phase of a project should be an assessment. A classic systems integrators’ project methodology will include this phase…
Talk Analytics with Executives – Revisited
Analysts often complain that their work has little impact on decision-making. Seems ridiculous, doesn’t it? Businesses invest in analytics resources,…
Back To Basics: The Business Requirement For Reporting
Corporate business intelligence is my bread and butter and I have just spent some time writing down some basic explanations…
A Poem to Inspire Lower Management Level Managers
With this blog I am taking a “walk down memory lane.” I provide a poem written by Clive Dupont who…
