Big Data, Big Payoff? Why Your Company Needs Data Literate Employees, Now
Search the hashtag #bigdata on Twitter. Blogs, industry resources, newspapers, magazines, and even memes are promoting a series of lofty…
Robot HR: How HR is Contributing to Unemployment
I was recently putting all my old articles in one place online, and I ran across this piece http://www.thekompany.com/3rd-party-watch-14-1993-august/ I’d written in…
How 3 Non-Traditional Media Companies Use Media Strategy to Win Big
There is plenty of ambiguity around the term "media." To the paranoid, it means propaganda or tabloids. To others, it…
Retail is Dead. Long Live Retail!
Retail as we know it is dying. The Internet is the method; ecommerce websites like Amazon, Alibaba, and others who…
The Federal Government Should Fund More Data Pilot Projects
If the federal government wants to use data to “solve problems, improve well-being, and generate economic prosperity” on a national…
Beware of Big Data Technology Zealotry
Undoubtedly you’ve heard it all before: “Hadoop is the next big thing, why waste your time with a relational database?”…
Conflict and Surprise: Big Data’s Big Storytelling Potential
"There are 4,448 active sessions on my website right now. Earlier, I had 1,502 active sessions. Currently, 65% are returning…
From Data Ownership to Data Usage: How Consumers Will Monetize Their Personal Data
In a world where more data is created than ever before, data ownership is gaining in importance. Not only organisations…
Should You Jump on the Gamification Bandwagon?
By now you’ve likely heard about gamification in business, specifically how it’s meant to engage customers and boost employee productivity.…
How Data Will Make Air Travel Safer
Airlines and air traffic controllers use a lot of information to keep passengers safe, integrating weather readings, physical information about…
