Confusing BYOD with BYOB (Cartoon)
OK, so this is a little lame, but here goes… (BYOD = Bring Your Own Device. BYOB = Bring Your Own Bottle.) Read More →
Game Changer
Why Go To The Office Anyway?
Top BI Questions Blog Posts of 2009
January saw Obama’s inauguration, and a reflection on Bush’s analytic legacy, a discussion on whether “gut feelings” have any basis in science, a dashboard showing the best companies to work for in the US, and a quick demonstration that Malcom Gladwell was right. February’s posts discussed the power of having the right data, and that dashboards have been around for a long, long time, but if they have poor data... [Read More...]
Social Network Analyzer Download Available
The Social Network Analyzer prototype unveiled in a previous blog post was available on demand. It can now be downloaded and used within your own organization (or even just on your PC) from the SAP Innovation Center site. Enterprise social network analysis is clearly an essential part of getting a real return on investment on Web 2.0 technologies within organizations — something that has so far proved difficult. Today, the “way organizations... [Read More...]
That’s the Whole Point (Cartoon)
Thanks to Michael Thompson for the (real) customer quote! Read More →
Extreme Twitter (Cartoon)
Web 2.0 Performance Appraisal (Cartoon)
Breaking Up (Cartoon)
Scandalous Financial Benchmarking?
I just stumbled across an old post of mine, and couldn’t help reposting some of it in the light of recent events. All those financial wizards were making a fortune based on the money they were “creating” — money that has since turned out to be largely fictitious. Top hedge fund managers were earning more in the time it took for an average New York City cab ride (8 minutes) than the average American made in a year. As I said with... [Read More...]
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