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Just Finished
Excited that I have sent off my first peer-reviewed journal article for publication. Though I can’t share my full article (for obvious reasons), I can […]
Analytics and the Basic Questions
Whenever I begin an analysis problem on a new consulting engagement, I start with the same questions to focus my understanding of the problem, the […]
What is the problem to be solved?
This is the next installment in the Archetypal Analytics Cycle ™ series. In the first post I listed the questions I ask any time I start a […]
How does your customer get bonused?
When I propose that consultants I’m mentoring ask this question, I usually get two reactions: I can’t ask that! What does that have to do […]
Building a Culture of Self-Service Analytics? Adopt a Repeatable Analytic Cycle – Part One
As Erin Stevens wrote in her three part series: “in order to build a culture of self-service analytics, you need two things: the right tool, and the […]
Building a Culture of Self-Service Analytics? Adopt a Repeatable Analytic Cycle – Part Two of a Two Part Series
In part one of this series, I covered the general analytic cycle and its value in driving a self-service culture of analytics. I also covered […]
Quick and Easy Management of a Headless Linux box from Mac-OS
Recently I got tired of having to move a monitor cable and kb/mouse dongles over to my headless Linux box just so I could restart […]
The False “National Security” Narrative of the House Intel Committee’s Memo
Before the House Intelligence memo’s release, Schiff on the left and many of the usual warmongers on the right (like McCain) were making noises that […]
One Shadow Aspect of Analytics
Data driven decisions are good, until they are not. Usually, when I see analytics fail it’s like this situation at Whole Foods, nay Amazon. One of […]