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May 26, 2006
Look for different
Seth Godin has a way of clearly showing the way through change. When starting a new BI initiative or building on your existing BI offering, improvements on the status quo can be helpful, but looking for what makes your project different will engage people...
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May 19, 2006
Leadership, on or off the bus
Organizations new to BI are typically excited and see the value of BI. So why do they hold themselves back from getting started? A recent engagement with a large organization has left me wondering if they are willing to do what it takes...
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May 13, 2006
Success is a series of singles and doubles
Hitting the home run in BI (successfully delivering your BI initiative) is similar to Seth Godin's baseball analogy for marketing success. Baseball games are won by hitting singles and doubles to load the bases. Then you hit a homerun and you've maximized the effort...
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May 12, 2006
Visualize your data creatively
Ever find yourself stuck creating an endless number of bar graphs for your management PowerPoint presentations? Graphs were meant to catch your eye and deliver relevant information quickly...
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May 11, 2006
Cool tool and perhaps real analysis
The latest from Google.
Very interesting way of trending Internet data but can someone use it to learn remarkable and helpful information. Using the tool is easy and fun...
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May 8, 2006
Do we really affect so few
After re-listening to a recent interview with Cognos CEO Rob Ashe, he mentioned a statistic that I missed the first time through.
"Only 15% - 20% of users..."Click to continue at BI for Business People... Share:
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May 4, 2006
Modus operandi in the world of BI
McKinsey has just released, "An executive take on the top business trends: A McKinsey Global Survey", in which "executives report an accelerating pace of change in an increasingly competitive business environment, driven by knowledge and information trends and the forces of globalization."
One of the factors that contributed to the accelerating pace of change was..."
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May 1, 2006
Google does BI
Google and Cognos team up to offer Google-styled text searching of BI content.
You may not agree with freely entering text to search BI content...
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