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Advisory Insights: Assessing Your Current State
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 to measure and track progress in your analytics maturity over time. Here, I will tie the two together by discussing
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The Role of Data Governance in Controlling COVID-19
First off, on behalf of IIA, I would like to acknowledge the amazing work healthcare organizations have accomplished during the pandemic. It’s been inspiring to read about the progress and successes as well as hear firsthand how organizations have been innovating to try to stay ahead of the disease while
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July: Best of the Web
Here is a roundup of interesting sites, resources and articles from around the web, curated by IIA. This month’s edition includes great articles on data-driven culture, Morgan Stanley, cloud computing and data visualization. Follow us on Twitter (@iianalytics) and LinkedIn to receive instant updates on IIA content and curated content
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Why Self-Service Analytics Really Isn’t A Thing
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 thing if “a thing” means a single, distinct corporate initiative or set of requirements. Many companies make the mistake of
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Keep Ageism Out of Your Analytics
In a recent article on Forbes.com, Ken Dychtwald and I describe three common mistakes marketers make with respect to retirees and other older consumers. The first is ignoring them in favor of chasing the youth market – when in fact the growing number of older Americans account for a disproportionate
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97 Things About Ethics Everyone In Data Science Should Know
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 to see if I was interested in partnering on a collaborative book on the ethics that surround data science. For
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The Power of Product Thinking
Think First, and SecondMany analytics organizations (and by default, their leaders) have developed a set of behaviors which treat analytics solutions as a project or a model. From our research, our engagements with clients, as well as hundreds of Analytics Maturity Assessments (not to mention our discussions with thought leaders
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August: Best of the Web
Here is a roundup of interesting sites, resources and articles from around the web, curated by IIA. This month’s edition includes great articles on product thinking, analytics teams, COVID19 forecast models and robotic process automation. Follow us on Twitter (@iianalytics) and LinkedIn to receive instant updates on IIA content and
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A Fusion Center Mission: Harnessing the Power of Data and Analytics
Continuing on the theme of sharing analytics activities taking place in the civic sector, this post includes three key ideas that can transfer to any company managing data and analytics in the private sector. This month’s topic focuses on fusion centers which fall under the U.S. Department of Homeland Security
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The Case For A Chief Data Scientist
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 get the work done. Both types of roles are required if success is to be achieved. However, is an important