I’m sure we all remember the story of “The Little Engine That Could.” A little railroad engine was built for pulling a few cars on… Read More »Fallacy of Becoming Data-driven – Part 1: Becoming Value-obsessed
When I was the Vice President of Advertiser Analytics at Yahoo!, I painfully learned that my targeted user personas (Media Planners & Buyers and Campaign… Read More »Building a Data Products-centric Business Model
We are in the middle of a business model revolution. And we are active participants in that revolution. We have been transitioning from a society… Read More »What’s Your Business Model Choice – Hammers or Casino?
I attended an in-person customer event sponsored by Dataiku last week. Very fun. Man, do I miss the provocative and enlightening discussions that occur in… Read More »Is the Data Scientist the Weak Link in Data-driven Value Creation?
In part 1 of this multi-part series on the value-realizing, collaborative power of decisions, we introduced the concept of an AI-driven decision factory. An AI-power… Read More »Decisions Part 2: Creating a Culture of Analytics-driven Innovation
This is part 1 in a multi-part series on the value-realizing, collaborative power of decisions. My mom used to say, “If it was a snake,… Read More »Decisions Part 1: Creating an AI-driven Decision Factory
Why do data silos, and now analytic silos, continue to exist? It can’t be due to technical issues. Data silos appeared in the 1990s when… Read More »Abundance Mentality is Key to Exploiting the Economics of Data
Why do data silos, and now analytic silos, continue to exist? It can’t be due to technical issues. Data silos appeared in the 1990s when… Read More »Abundance Mentality is Key to Exploiting the Economics of Data
[Editorial Note: Now THIS is data storytelling! – Kurt Cagle] I originally published the Big Data Storymap in January 2013 as a way of communicating… Read More »Data Management Value Realization Journey Map
Why do I think Data Management is the most important business discipline for the 21st century (and why my “Big Data MBA” book and course… Read More »Why Data Management is Today’s Most Important Business Discipline
