Lessons from F1 racing: Timely Decisions Get You on the Podium
In only a few week’s time the Grand Prix of Spain will be hosted at the Circuit de Catalunya, which…
Getting Smarter About Water?
There are 326 million trillion gallons of water on the earth, however 98% of that water is undrinkable because it’s…
Is Analytics “Different”?: 2 Lessons in Sales from The Mayflower Madam
Sydney Biddle Barrows is an expert in marketing luxury services. She consults for plastic surgeons, salons, retailers and others. Her…
What Will You Tolerate?
One of my kid’s favorite books when they were younger had the line “never tease a weasel (it isn’t very…
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…
At Zynga, Analytics is About Impact
Anyone can play Zynga’s FarmVille and other games, but very few get to analyze the data that runs off. Ken…
Guest Blog: Data 2.0 Conference Report
Note: This post was written by Scott Nicholson, a Senior Data Scientist at LinkedIn. Scott is data and modeling…
Living in the Cloud
I had not really planned to move to the cloud, but I find myself there.While I am still tethered to…
4 Ways to Prevent Dirty Data From Spoiling Analytics
Change is good — except when change means you are constantly revising and checking databases, unsure of whether records are…
