Business Intelligence: The Tools Change but the Concepts Don’t
Thoughts on new applications and old ideas.
Tag: BI
Three of My Favorite In-Class Exercises
A few of the ways that I try to make learning as active as possible.
The Case for Data Lakes
Data is more complicated than ever. One-stop shopping sounds pretty good.
The Speed of Analytics
Thoughts on how long it takes to turn raw data into insights.
Why Analytics Today Are More Democratic
It’s no longer 1995.
Traditional Data Warehouses Can’t Do it All
Thoughts on the future of data storage and analytics.
On Databases, Tattoos, and Teaching Philosophies
An approach to dealing with ever-shortening attention spans.
Beware of Analytics in Isolation
Just because you’re looking at numbers doesn’t mean that they are the right numbers.
The CDO Is No Elixir
Thoughts on a trendy new title.
How Casinos Use Big Data to Catch the Bad Guys
NORA is a fascinating example of how businesses are transforming before our very eyes.
My New Book
Analytics: The Agile Way—my eighth book—is out.
Featured Talk: How to Create a Culture of Analytics
A 50-minute talk about Big Data and what we can learn from Amazon, Facebook, Netflix, and Google.
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