Bill Schmarzo

AI is a game changer. Period. And being a data and analytics guy, I could not be more excited about it. The McKinsey research study… Read More »Crossing the AI Chasm with Infographics

Nothing like a devastating catastrophe to bring a bit of reality into the world of IoT and data science.  The recent crashes of the new… Read More »Real-World Data Science Challenge: When Is “Good Enough” Actually “Good Enough”

Professional athletes know the importance of developing opposing or complementary muscles (quadriceps and hamstrings, biceps and triceps).  These complementary muscles are sets of muscles that… Read More »Optimizing Your Company Right Out of Business

Sustaining industry averages and benchmarks are the antithesis of innovation and a great way to ensure average performance. Doing whatever everyone else is doing is… Read More »Industry Averages, Benchmarks and the Death of Innovation

“If you buy a Tesla today, I believe you’re buying an appreciating asset, not a depreciating asset.” – Elon Musk Think about that statement for… Read More »How AI Is Manipulating Economics to Create Appreciating Assets

There, I said it.  I said the “R” word.  And no, I’m not talking the political “R” word.  I’m talking about the potential of a…… Read More »Recessions, Big Data, Data Science and Liberating Power of “Own It”

One of the biggest threats to our world economy (outside of climate change, social inequality, unregulated proliferation of weapons and the rise of Terminators), is… Read More »Exploit Economics of Autonomous to Transform Your Organization

In the early 2000’s, IBM Deep Blue was on the lookout for its next Grand Challenge.  It had achieved an exhilarating win over chess grand… Read More »Digital Transformation Horizon 1 to Horizon 3:  When Is Innovation Really Innovation?

There seem to be countless articles projecting the incredible economic and social growth that will be driven by AI.  For example, PwC predicts that AI… Read More »Why Utility Determination Is Critical to Defining AI Success

As Kevin Lynch, CTO of The Information Lab in Dublin, was describing how his organization uses the Hypothesis Development Canvas, it occurred to me that… Read More »Does Your Hypothesis Development Canvas Tell a Story?