Managing By the Numbers: Penny Wise, Pound Foolish?
Every good business manager loves metrics. After all, the old adage, “You can't manage what you don't measure” still holds…
Governance: If It Isn’t Logical, It’s Political
It is hard to turn on the radio or TV, or read the paper or news web sites, without being…
“Pricing to Win” Makes Losers Out of Winners
Donald Tuck, Polish Prime Minister, is taking heat for the fiasco of awarding an important highway contract to a low-cost…
Data Visualization Best Practices for Business Intelligence
Data analysis. What’s the point of it? Your first reaction might be to scoff at, or dismiss this question as…
Ease-of-use Key to Successful Business Intelligence Deployments
We’ve all done it – shot them a fleeting glance from the corner of our eye, then stared uncontrollably as…
Zero Latency: An Obsession with Velocity
Vendors often promise some derivative of the term “faster” in marketing and sales literature (i.e. faster decisions, quicker time to…
The Top-Down Nature of ‘Competing on Analytics’
Think about the large successful organizations which are known for harnessing information for competitive advantage; P&G, Goldman Sachs, Capital One,…
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…
