Blog Posts by Bill Franks
Thanks to all who joined IIA’s annual Prediction and Priorities led by Bill Franks with co-panelists, Kathleen Maley, Eric Siegal and Drew Smith. If you’d like to give it another,…
Less than two years ago, data literacy was not something I heard many people in the business world talking about. Recently, it is something that comes up in more conversations…
A few weeks back, I was in a discussion with some analytics executives when one gentleman made a point that sounded odd at first. He suggested that in many cases…
Getting too fancy by using complex and layered data science approaches can magnify the issues in data instead of controlling them. This blog will explain why and illustrate with a…
The rise of analytics and data science executives has received a lot of attention in recent years. Similarly, there has been substantial focus on the analysts and data scientists who…
Every now and then an opportunity comes along that you just can’t pass up. One such opportunity that fell into my lap was when O’Reilly media reached out to me…
That title probably got your attention and now you think I have some explaining to do! The key word in the title is the word “A”. Self-service analytics isn’t a…
In last quarter’s Advisory Insights blog, I introduced IIA’s Checkpoints offerings. In my regular Analytics Matters blog in June, I talked about several pitfalls that can occur as you try…
One way to explore what trends may be emerging is to talk to people about what has them most excited or worried about the future. In the analytics and data…