Lately, I have been thinking about the entire big data trend. Fundamentally, it makes sense to me and I believe it is useful for some enterprise class problems, but something about it had been troubling me and I decided to take some time and jot down my thoughts. As I thought more about it, I [...]
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3 Big Data Myths for Enterprises
Posted in Analytics, Business Intelligence, Competing on Analytics, Data, tagged big data on June 17, 2011 | 6 Comments »
Inbox Influence: Insight where it matters
Posted in Analytics, Business Intelligence, Competing on Analytics on June 8, 2011 | 2 Comments »
I have earlier written about that Insight at the point of decision making/action is critical. I came across a great example of it from the good folks at Sunlight Foundation, who are trying to bring transparency to political influence. Inbox Influence is a browser extension that adds political influence data to your Gmail messages. With [...]
The Top Down Nature of ‘Competing on Analytics’
Posted in Analytics, Analytics Culture, Business Intelligence, Competing on Analytics on June 7, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Think about the large successful organizations which are known for harnessing information for competitive advantage; P&G, Goldman Sachs, Capital One, Harrah’s, Progressive Insurance and you will find one thing in common. Their C level executives drive data driven decision making top down. And the more organizations I see, the more I get convinced that it [...]
