Using “Perishable” Information in Big Data Sets
How can your enterprise secure value from the increasing amounts of data that is being collected through an ever increasing numbers of sensors, stored, analysed and interrogated by ever more sophisticated systems? My strong sense is to stick to foundation principals and start by asking how you can improve […]
Big Data – Less Strategic Thinking? Improved Management 2.0?
The continuing debates around “Big Data” have included arguments that with enough data and enough computer power patterns and trends will be surfaced automatically in future. Is this going to result is less real thinking going into enterprise strategy? Some observers (for example Howard Rohm) have noted […]
Data – Getting to Grips with the numbers
Three Questions: 1. How many people in your enterprise use data well to extract real insights that help them / you make better decisions? 2. Are analytical skills concentrated in a small sub set of your people? 3. Do you have a reliable central depository of data / information or is management discussion […]