DATA EFFECTIVENESS

Data Science is not IT 

A common mistake that organizations make when mapping out their data strategy is conflatin...

One of the big ideas in education these days is "personalized learning".    There are myriad ed-tech startups launching...

Large organizations regularly have a need to implement major IT projects and often turn to external vendors for speciali...

Organizations often struggle when coming up with their data strategy.   In the end we need to be practical about what we...

Data is the lifeblood of organizations today. But the quality of the data we collect is often wanting. While it's a good...

"What do you want?" When I hear that being asked at the start of an IT engagement it sends shudders down my spine.

I have...

Data Science?

With a term like data science we may be guilty of unconsciously setting unrealistically high expectations....

Only you can prevent forest fires

In the quest to be more data driven and to harness the power of data science, more...

Best intentions

We talk a lot about making decisions based on data but we need to be careful about how hard and fast thos...

Error between keyboard and screen 

A big source of poor data quality is data entry.  A stubborn issue that is hard to add...