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As promised, I am taking a break from chairing Data Leaders Summit Europe 2018, to share with you. Once again, this year’s summit has been a really useful event. Numbers of attendees have doubled, so they must be doing something right. The advice I give the audience when I chair such events, is to identify just one thing they will do differently as a result of hearing each speaker. I.. Read More
Returning to the theme of applications of analytics, I’m delighted to shift our focus to prescriptive analytics. Whether you recall the heydays of CRM & Next Best Action rules/models, or are coming to this topic afresh as an analyst, the demand for a direction is growing. Businesses & leaders need to make the right decision & take action, not just focus on the past. For that reason, to kick of.. Read More
As we focus on developing your teams, I’m delighted to share why you need to focus on when? In his latest book, renowned business writer Daniel Pink, shares his extensive research on timing. In “When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing”, he makes a convincing case for us all to focus more on when to do different tasks. Despite being deeply researched, sharing evidence from a wide range of sectors,.. Read More
Does GDPR spell the end of Big Data thinking? Will you stop gathering or holding onto data because “it might be useful“? With a topic as important as GDPR, it’s good to hear from more than one viewpoint. For that reason, I am delighted to welcome back regular guest blogger, Tony Boobier. This time, it sounds like Tony has been thinking about GDPR and Big Data, including a new ‘V’ for.. Read More
Through speaking engagements and questions from readers, this month’s theme has become GDPR, so time to share GDPR resources. Apologies to those of you looking for more content on recruiting, developing & retaining your analysts. I will return to that theme and build on the excellent content shared by Martin & Hanne. But, for now, it seems the primary concern for many data, analytics & insight leaders, is GDPR. That.. Read More
How big a bet are you making on Data Science, are you going ‘all in’? With any event as rich in content at Data Insight Leader Summit, its useful to also hear others ‘takeaways’. So, to supplement my own insights from this conference, I’m delighted to welcome new guest blogger, Hanne Sorteberg. Hanne is BI Manager for SpareBank1 Forsikring, an alliance of savings banks in Norway (together Norway’s 2nd biggest.. Read More
Analytics as a weapons guidance systems? This could only be the second post in two-part series by our guest blogger Peter Lavers. You may recall that, in his first post, Peter made the case for data being the new marketing battleground. He argued that Marketing and CRM are in exciting times because is it now economically viable to unlock the incredible value of data. Value that’s often hidden in inaccessible.. Read More