Data to the People!
Government debt and spending have recently sparked exceptionally intense and controversial debates in the US, the UK and the Eurozone.…
Data Science in the Mainstream
As the Strata Conference continues this week in New York, I've been following some of the early presentations via the live…
Take the Predictive Analytics in the Cloud survey
Decision Management Solutions, the company of which I am CEO, is running a study on Predictive Analytics in the Cloud…
Predictive Analytics in Healthcare
I am attending the Computerworld Business Intelligence and Analytics Perspective conference and just gave the opening keynote “From Business Intelligence…
Stalking the Data-Curious Culture – SDC Reflections
This is the first monthly post in the SDC Reflections series where I gather examples from recently contributed articles to…
Reference Domains Part III: Collecting Classifications
This is part three in the series about reference domains (a.k.a. classifications). In the first part we looked at the…
Executives Don’t Like Analytics: Why Business Isn’t Data-Driven
The business bestseller lists have showcased several high-profile books featuring case studies of companies enjoying competitive advantage from their cutting-edge…
Business People Are Dumb On Average(s)
Here’s one real-life example of the limits in quantitative thinking observed in an average company, shared with me by Michael…
The Three C’s of Social Business
Einstein said "everything must be made as simple as possible, but not one bit simpler". That concept, often tied to…
Visualizations as Vocabulary…or Know the Big Words, Use the Small Ones
Telling stories with data. It is an increasingly common business intelligence refrain–and it may well be part of your job…
