Self-service BI is a myth

Kenneth Gustin·5 June 2017·Data & Analytics

...Face it.  It’s not a thing.  Or, at least the way the concept is spun, it’s not.  I’ve sold BI technology for six or seven vendors (depending on how you define BI) over the last thirty years.  I’ve sold for the big stack vendors, the sexy new start up types, the niche players, the data warehouse guys, and a third tier wanna’ be.   I’ve focused on the back end, the front end, and the full solution.  I’ve sold the software and the consulting services to implement it…. I’ve been around. Read More...

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RegTech startups: Living in a Dream World?

Indra Chourasia·7 May 2017·The Case For Digital Transformation

...‘RegTech’ is the hottest buzzword finding a prominent place in financial services lingo in recent times. In absence of a clear and more specific understanding of the term, it has added to the list of myriad coinages floating around disruption / innovation theme in FinTech arena and creates a disproportionate sense of awe and curiosity. Read More...

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The Innovation Management Theory Evolution Map

Louis Bouwer·2 May 2017·Strategy & Innovation

...The Innovation Management Theory Evolution Map was developed to guide corporate innovation managers to take note of existing fundamental innovation management theories, how it evolved through the past few decades and which theories are best suited to solve specific corporate innovation management challenges. Read More...

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A Call to Arms for the Future of People Analytics

Max Blumberg·2 May 2017·People & Change

...The time is ripe for the creation of a People Analytics Association. Why? Because there’s almost no point writing this. For over a decade, we’ve promoted the power of People Analytics through blogs, speeches and consultation; but today this blog, along with your own carefully crafted People Analytics articles, will likely be lost in a veritable sea of content – some exceptional, some terrible (the latter of which represents People Analytics as less a science, and more an overly simplistic magic pill for all manner of objectives). Read More...

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Chatbots transform any function, not just customer-facing ones.

Bertrand Maltaverne·10 April 2017·Enabling Technologies

...  More than a year ago in January 2016, I imagined the future of Procurement technology. The origin of my idea of a Procurement Assistant you could interact with via chat came from growing interest in the development of chatbots. Most mainstream communication platforms are having one or are certainly working on one. Read More...

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Digital transformation of Procurement: a good abuse of language?

Bertrand Maltaverne·26 March 2017·The Case For Digital Transformation

...The expression “digital transformation“ is becoming an overused buzzword. It is because many use it without a proper understanding of what it actually means. This explains why many organizations are puzzled with regards to how to become digital. Read More...

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How to win at the digital transformation of Procurement?

Bertrand Maltaverne·23 March 2017·The Case For Digital Transformation

...In this article, I use “Procurement-as-a-Platform” (or PaaP) to describe an operating model for Procurement. It is inspired by eBay, Amazon, Apple and the most recent symbols of the sharing economy like AirBnB and Uber. It will have the benefits, I think, to foster a change… Read More...

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Procurement’s technological insanity — Repeating the same mistakes over and over…

Bertrand Maltaverne·14 March 2017·People & Change

...Here is the third post in a series of four that focuses on the adoption of Procurement technologies.   Read More...

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Digital Transformation – CIO’s Watch Out for these 3…

Chirag Gandhi·13 March 2017·Delivery

...Over the last 5 years Digital Transformation has become THE burning focus area for CIOs. IDC predicts that by the end of 2017 two-thirds of G2000 CEOs will have Digital Transformation at the center of their corporate strategy (IDC, 2015). Read More...

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Understanding App Monetisation with Google AdMob

Sreeraman Thiagarajan·7 March 2017·Customer Engagement

...There’s never been a better time to be an app developer in India. According to reports in the Economic Times, app downloads on Google Play from India grew from 3.5 billion in 2015 to 6.2 billion downloads in 2016. Based on this report, India now holds the top spot in the world for apps downloaded on Google Play, even outranking the US and Brazil. Read More...

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Leading the way in a Digital world

Richard Chiumento·25 January 2017·Strategy & Innovation

...Whatever as a business leader you perceive will be the challenges over the coming year, ensuring the organisation is fully prepared to compete in the digital world has to be high on the agenda for many, if not top. According to the technology industry analyst Gartner, 80 per cent of business products or processes will have been reinvented, eliminated or digitalised by 2020. Read More...

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Digital transformation. Stuck in the slow lane?

Craig Cockburn·24 January 2017·Delivery

...An article about agile and digital transformation, looking at the speed of change in organisations and highlighting the need to change even faster than before. Read More...

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