Tag: big data
Analyze It – What’s missing in “Measure It, Manage It”
If you’ve been involved with Corporate America long enough, you have encountered the pithy saying “You can’t manage what you can’t measure“. It should read “You can’t manage what you can’t measure and analyze”. Data is important. It helps you to quantify aspects of your business such as customer satisfaction, operational efficiency, financial results, and workforce…
I Know Almost Nothing About Big Data
I am officially “in-between jobs”. It’s permitted me the opportunity to determine what’s next. Thanks to Heather Townsend and Jon Baker, authors of “The Go-To Expert”, for giving me the courage to write this blog, and for Josh Bernoff being the voice in my head while I write (which is creepy because we met only…
Big Data – With apologies to Twain and Disraeli
I was reviewing the metrics associated with my first blog post last week and trying to determine how they are meaningful. They made me think of the saying “lies, damned lies, and statistics” attributed to Mark Twain or Benjamin Disraeli (which could take me off on a Cream tangent for you classic rockers). What does…