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by Angela Guess Late last week IBM announced “new consulting services and software that take the power of predictive analytics to new levels of impact for the highest-priority issues of C-suite decision makers. The new analytic offerings address the emerging opportunities of big data to manage financial operations, decrease fraud and nurture next-generation customer relationships. Based...
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by Jaime Fitzgerald What if Steven Covey was a technologist, data professional, or data scientist? Would the best-selling author–best known for promoting his ”Seven Habits of Highly Effective People“–have thrived in today’s data-driven world? I believe he could have thrived, if he adapted to the complexity and practical realities of working with data and technology....
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by Karen Lopez I’m often asked to help clients fill IT professional positions – Database Administrators (DBAs), Data Architects, Data Administrators, etc. Most of the time the job requirements are sufficient to help them find a good list of candidates worth interviewing. However, in these times of limited budgets, I frequently see job descriptions...
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by Chunka Mui A mission critical question arises with edge innovations (see parts 1 and 2) that are driven by detailed information about products in customers’ hands and about the customers themselves. Will potential customers embrace it? Or are they too concerned about privacy and security? Consider the current situation. Not too long ago, ABN...
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by Chunka Mui The history of the technology function could be characterized as an episodic but inexorable elevation into the command centers of business. Each generation of information technology brings new opportunities to help manage the business, and the IT leaders are called upon to integrate those capabilities into the organization. Better IT means better...
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by Chunka Mui Technology innovations are enabling sophisticated data strategies with the potential to reshape products, upend customer relationships, and transform the role of the IT organization. This four part series explores (1) the new context, (2) the opportunities enabled, (3) the implication on trust and customer relationships and (4) the implications for the IT...
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by Graeme Simsion I have a regular gig presenting a one-day seminar on consulting skills for an IT / business consultancy. The participants are largely experienced professionals, often with a track record of successful consulting. They’re a tough audience, who may well be looking with a critical eye at the instructor: “this guy’s going to...
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by Chunka Mui Technology innovations are enabling sophisticated data strategies with the potential to reshape products, upend customer relationships, and transform the role of the IT organization. This four part series explores (1) the new context, (2) the opportunities enabled, (3) the implication on trust and customer relationships and (4) the implications for the IT...
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by Graeme Simsion “You’re dressed up. Big presentation today?” “As big as they get. Six months consulting, and today we lay the strategy on the executive team. Most of them I haven’t even met – CEO, CFO, CIO, all twenty-six of them. My boss will do the introduction, and then I’m up for forty-five minutes. ...
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by Graeme Simsion In the last few months, I’ve taken advantage of my temporary location in New York City to visit and speak to several North American data management groups. Seminar titles, generally chosen by my hosts, have included “Working with the Business”, “Consulting Skills”, “How to Show Value”, “Being Right isn’t Enough”, and, most...
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