Analytics and data science

“A good sketch is better than a long speech…” — a quote often attributed to Napoleon Bonaparte The ability to visualize the implications of data is as old as humanity itself. Yet due to the vast quantities, sources, and sinks of data being pumped around our global economy at an ever increasing rate, the need […]

Studies predict it will be a multibillion-dollar industry by the end of the decade.

Six ways technologies like ChatGPT could change how we work.

Wachovia has a long-term goal to build customer equity and short-term decisions to make on how to allocate marketing resources. Until recently, it had no way to connect the two.

Four steps for streamlining and scaling your systems.

The first step business leaders must take is to experiment, create sandboxes, run internal bootcamps, and develop AI use cases not just for technology workers, but for all employees.

Start by having a clear sense of its goals.

Mislabeled, missing, or incorrect information creates more work for everyone.

Microsoft is making a big push into the management of individuals' health information with a new online offering called HealthVault. The Wall Street Journal...

Retailing is and always has been an inefficient business. Retailers, particularly those that operate large chains, have to predict the desires of fickle...

Not long ago, the ability to create smart data visualizations (or dataviz) was a nice-to-have skill for design- and data-minded managers. But now it's...

Tales of great strategies derailed by poor execution are all too common. That's because some organizations are designed to fail. For a company to achieve...

It provides customers with the convenience of ecommerce, and retailers with the profitability of in-store shopping.

Popularity is leverage.

Performance is about more than just numbers.

So much for making advertising more efficient and accountable.

You may have heard of "evidence-based medicine," the notion that medical decisions should be based on clinical research and evidence. What scares me about...

Everybody, including President Obama, is criticizing the U.S. intelligence agencies for not keeping accused underwear bomber Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab...

Deep, lasting culture change requires an integrated approach that remodels a company’s social systems. The leadership team of Home Depot employed a remarkable set of tools to do that.

It depends on how important the issue is to you.