How CDOs View Data Ethics: Corporate Conscience or More Regulations

Ronald van Loon·16 July 2018·Data & Analytics

...We really are in the midst of a data revolution. With a huge amount of data being generated every day, organizations in the current world are encircled left, right, and center by data and the analytic tools that are required for handling it. Leveraging this data has given companies unprecedented… Read More...

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Keeping Physical Retail In-Stock

Tony D'Onofrio·16 July 2018·Customer Engagement

...Retail is not dying. Today’s consumers are being presented by an increasing number of shopping options. Online versus in-store engagement trends are converging and technology is increasingly the differentiating element. A recent IHL research study titled “Out-of-Stock, Out of Luck – How Retailers Alienate Customers and Lose… Read More...

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The Dual Company

Rod Collins·16 July 2018·Strategy & Innovation

...The heavyweight fighter Mike Tyson once famously quipped, “Everybody has a plan, until they get punched in the face.” While having a plan is better than not having one, the sage advice implicit in Tyson’s observation is that, in the end, it isn’t plans that separate the winners from the… Read More...

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Delivering Pizza to the Homeless

Braden Kelley·16 July 2018·Strategy & Innovation

...Innovation can come from a number of different potential sources of inspiration and insight. The most typical source of course is understanding customer needs. This is the source for the whole design thinking movement, but there are still a number of other potential sources of inspiration and insight for… Read More...

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9 things you learn when working in a startup

Sreeraman Thiagarajan·16 July 2018·People & Change

...As a Co-founder of a software company and as a mentor for Google Launchpad, I often get asked on how to build a great culture in a startup. Most entrepreneurs are so busy building a product that they miss building a company. It doesn’t have to be so hard. At… Read More...

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How to Thrive in Uncertainty: The Future of Great Work is Finally Here

Jeff Wellstead·15 July 2018·People & Change

...I grew up on Wall Street and find myself watching the headlines below like most people read the sports pages. But lately it’s fatiguing me and creating a bit of dystopian depression in my mind – tainting how I look at the world. I find I’m becoming distracted more easily, start worrying… Read More...

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Random Thoughts on Marketing Research, Statistics and Data Science (July 16, 2018)

Kevin Gray·15 July 2018·Data & Analytics

...My opinions. Nothing more. Statisticians make use of dozens of probability distributions, and the normal distribution is but one. Some methods are entirely data-driven and truly non-parametric. Distributional assumptions are sometimes criticised as weaknesses of statistics or as burdensome. In reality, they allow us to use both small and big data… Read More...

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Content’s Only Purpose is to Build Relationships

Kenneth Gustin·12 July 2018·Customer Engagement

...I’ve been seeing enormous numbers of articles about content and content creation. Many focus on successful formulas for your content. Others emphasize finding the right channel for your content. Some focus on tracking clicks or shares as a measure of “success”. And several discuss cadence and calls to action. In short, there seems to be… Read More...

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Digital Workplace Futures Event

Lee Bryant·12 July 2018·People & Change

...Our Digital Workplace Futures event last week (#psdw18) provided a great opportunity to hear from practitioners involved in the use of digital workplace technology to enable new ways of working and organisational improvement. It was great to see so many friends and colleagues in the room, so thank you… Read More...

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Will the Blockchain change Data Security?

Nathan Sykes·11 July 2018·Cyber Security

...While data security was never a luxury or afterthought — it’s always been a crucial component of digital operations — nearly every business, organisation and individual has to worry about it these days, from smartphones and wearable tech to smart home devices and IOT equipment. Just about anything and everything… Read More...

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Machine learning in finance: Why, what & how

Tetiana Boichenko·11 July 2018·Enabling Technologies

...Machine learning in finance may seem like magic but there is no magic behind it (well, maybe just a little bit). Still, the success of machine learning projects depends more on building an efficient infrastructure, collecting suitable datasets, and applying the right algorithms. Machine learning (ML) is making significant inroads… Read More...

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The new face of digital strategy

Kevin Adema·11 July 2018·Strategy & Innovation

...Renowned strategist and business guru, Michael Porter boiled down strategy to two options: 1. Do what everyone else is doing (but spend less money doing it). 2. Do something no one else can do. Harvard Business review’s work: “What is Strategy, again?” by Andrea Ovans offers a unique perspective to Porter’s… Read More...

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