One of the most celebrated instances of data driving decisions at the front lines is CompStat: the effort led by then-New York City Police Chief William Bratton to put police resources where there was the most crime. He did that by instituting extensive analysis of crime statistics (CompStat is short for Computer Statistics) and holding [...]
We encourage our members to submit guest posts for the IIA blog. Today’s is from Don Ryan, Senior Partner, iKnowtion One could argue that the Age of Analytics dawned in 2004 with the publication of Michael Lewis’ entertaining book on baseball called Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game. Readers of this space are [...]
We’ve all be in positions where we had to make tough calls. When they go right, you are a hero. When they don’t, well… In case you missed the latest installment of “The Rivalry of the Decade” in the National Football League — the New England Patriots vs. the Indianapolis Colts — let me set [...]
