Analytics

What are we solving with analytics?

Seasoned analytics practitioners invariably have many “you-live-and-learn” experiences. They commonly include cases in which the problem presented to them is not...
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The case against the CDAO

Some time ago, a colleague sent me a link to an article (https://www.techrepublic.com/article/forrester-functions-enterprise-data-organization/), with a note: “saw this article and thought...
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“Degenerative” AI?

These days, I respond to hearing “generative AI” with a bit of an eye roll. The smart ass in me thinks:...
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Client Reporting

How to Streamline Your Client Reporting to Deliver Automated Insights

The age of digital transformation has made speed and transparency more important than ever. This calls for optimized client reporting that...
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Observer Effect

A Concept from Quantum Physics Can Improve Your Operations

Best Use: Improving efficiency of processes If you are stumbling down a dark alley and see a guy about to kill...
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What are your real business problems?

The Problem You Think You Have is Often Not Your Problem

What are the biggest challenges you are facing in your business right now? I just posted this question on a small business...
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Integrating Data Analytics Into HR Is the Future of this Department

As businesses push further toward total optimization, companies are rapidly turning to the power of data, using it to increase efficiency...
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Making Your First Analytics Hire? Don’t Make It a Data Scientist

There is a disconnect that often exists when an organization is just getting started with analytics. One of the key factors...
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Data: It takes a village, but the buck has to stop somewhere

I’ve said many times: too often, an existing function implicitly assumes data responsibilities in organizations that struggle with data management (for...
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I think I’m responsible for data… am I?

It’s more times than I can count on one hand. A business or technology leader tells me they have a lot...
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The Quality of Analytics Practice: Making It Happen

In my previous blog, “Who is looking after the quality of your analytics?”, I talked about what it meant to ensure...
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Who is looking after the quality of your analytics?

We talk a lot about using analytics to improve the quality of something else. But when was the last time you...
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