Communication
A Better Way to Vet Potential Partners, Part I
Thoughts on applying greater rigor during the vendor-selection process.
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Big Data
Big Data: Preventing Big Failures
Thoughts on avoiding the pitfalls of traditional IT projects.
Communication
Working With Partners: The Case for Actually Talking
Incessant e-mailing among partners and clients is far from ideal.
Big Data
An Intelligent Approach to Cloud Computing
It's essential to know which business goals your organization is trying to accomplish.
Big Data
How to Speak Data to the Data-Challenged
Tips on communicating to everyday people without confusing them.
Big Data
What the Pandora Debate Teaches Us About Big Data
Not everything can be tested, much less accurately.
Analytics
The Case for Small Data Analytics
Why the emphasis on the Big stuff is often misplaced.
Big Data
Mark Twain and the Need to Move Beyond Simple Metrics
Thoughts on exclusively relying on basic statistics.
Big Data
The Case for Proceeding Without a Data Scientist
Why it may be wise not to wait for one.
Big Data
Adding New Data Sources: An App-Like Future
What we can learn from the app mind-set.
Big Data
The Case Against a Data Center of Excellence
Thoughts on a centralized group of data experts.
Big Data
Dataviz, Design, and the Smaller Screen
With less real estate, simplicity has never been more important.
Analytics
The Myth of the Big Data Switch
People who believe in immediate returns are sorely mistaken.
Big Data
Dataviz, Data, and Developers
Examining whether decisions today should begin and end with data.
Collaboration
How to Liberate Employee Knowledge: A Starting Point
The latest tchotchkes only get us so far.
Big Data
Big Data and Privacy: Have We Reached a Turning Point?
Maybe Zuck was wrong after all.
Big Data
The Folly of Blaming Excel
Problem in Chair, Not in Computer
Technology
Five Tenets of Cloud Computing
There's much more nuance to the term than many would believe.