Business intelligence has a long history. Historian Richard Millar Devens first used the term to describe the machinations of banker Sir Henry Furnese, who collected information and acted on it quickly to outsmart his competition. Today, the term describes that same...
DevOps. Lean. Kaizen. What do all these disciplines have in common? Continuous improvement. What Is Continuous Improvement? Simply put, these systems pursue progress through a proven process. They make testing and learning a part of that process. And they continuously...
Several weeks ago (prior to the Omicron wave), I got to attend my first conference in roughly two years: Dataversity’s Data Quality and Information Quality Conference. Ryan Doupe, Chief Data Officer of American Fidelity, held a thought-provoking session that resonated...
I don’t know about you, but every once in a while someone asks me a question and the answer completely changes my perspective on a topic. This happened for me a lot during my four startups. I liken it to walking into a room anew. I might know the room but everything...
This last weekend, I asked CIOs two questions: First, what data problems are most urgent for you to solve? And second, what would be the business impact of solving them? The answers reflected various levels of data maturity. But more importantly, the importance of...