Beyond the Jedi Mind Trick: Using Data Analytics to Link Star Wars Roles to Acting Career Success
Yoda provided an apt description of data analytics when he said, “Already know you, that which you need.” Though he…
3 Things to Consider for Your 2016 IT Strategy
In a previous blog, we discussed IT budget, outlining the most important accommodations that you’ll have to make in your…
Netflix Asked the Wrong Analytics Question
One of the legendary events in the history of analytics was the original Netflix prize. The event led to a terrific…
Which Big Data Personality Are You? [INFOGRAPHIC]
Confused about where you fit into the big data world? This simple rubric should help you figure it out, and…
Public Cloud Provides Most Data Security for Financial Services Firms
Corporate IT continues to argue that public cloud security cannot be trusted. They believe, mistakenly, that they can keep data…
Predictive Modeling Skills: Expect to be Surprised
Excerpted from Chapter 1 of my book Applied Predictive Analytics, Wiley 2014Excerpted from Chapter 1 of my book Applied Predictive…
The Case for Digital Transformation
I’m aware of how dated this makes me seem, but I still remember a time when information was printed on…
Data, the eCommerce Kingmaker: From Customer Acquisition to Customer Loyalty
There is only one boss – the customer. And he can fire everybody in the company, from the chairman on…
Workforce Management for Human Capital Management
Historically workforce management has been centered on tracking time and attendance, absences and leaves. Historically workforce management has been centered…
Evolving to the Next Generation of ERP Systems
The enterprise resource planning (ERP) system is a pillar of nearly every company’s record-keeping and management of business processes. It…
