What could corporations’ analytics maturity and social media influencers have in common? More than you might think! I was emcee for the International Institute for Analytics Symposium in October and one of the panel discussions made the connection between these…

Read below for a roundup of interesting sites, resources, and articles from around the web, curated and contextualized by unbiased analytics experts at IIA. Highlights include articles about why AI still needs strong oversight, how to choose the most optimal…

The Analytics Leadership Consortium’s (ALC) Q3 theme on Funding and Budgets focused on three aspects: establishing and justifying value, sourcing funds, and allocating budget. While many valuable points came through in our confidential discussions, two ideas stuck out. First, communicating…

I’ve just finished interviewing a large group of chief data (and analytics in most cases) officers for a report I’ll have more to say about in a month or so. But one result really struck me, and it has a…

Data products are all the rage these days. At times, there are trends that are more hype than reality. The trend toward data products is not one of them. This blog will discuss what data products are, why they are…

Managing data science projects — or more specifically engineering teams building data products — is in my experience an art form, and a mysterious one at that. Anyone who has brought a data product to life will undoubtedly have tales…

“Data-driven” is such a passive phrase. Who the driver is matters a great deal. When you think about data science, the image of models, algorithms, and statistical methods comes to mind. So, why, then, when you mention data science in…

With the difficulty in recruiting today, especially within the analytics and data science space, you need every advantage that you can get. As a result, focusing candidates on a mission-driven opportunity rather than on a task-focused job is an…

Read below for a roundup of interesting sites, resources, and articles from around the web, curated and contextualized by unbiased analytics experts at IIA. Highlights include articles about how to navigate having your analysis questioned, an inside look at Intuit’s…