No Smokescreen Area: Tips for Hiring Analysts
Lately there’s been talk about a shortage of analytic talent. The perception that there is a shortage of analysts surprises…
The Next Wave in Recommendation Systems?
While some internet privacy experts fret over use of cookies and web profiles for targeted advertising, the quest for personalization…
Black Swans Causing a Rethink on Global Supply Chains?
A fair percentage of academicians and corporate supply chain experts agree that running supply chains “lean and mean” with just…
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…
Exterior Design, Part III: Growth
This is the last of my Exterior design topics. Again the underlying question was how does one design for an…
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…
Exterior Design, Part II: Frequency
To continue the theme of designing for an ever changing set of requirements, I wanted to talk about the second…
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…
