When you have data quality problems, you might make better decisions by guessing. A cartoon on page 50 of the July-August 2013 Harvard Business Review (HBR)depicts one business guy telling another “We cut our marketing budget in half by just guessing.” Have data quality problems let you to a similar decision-making approach? Let’s have a […]
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Are poor business outcomes linked to poor data quality? If so, how do you ask the questions that deliver useful insights? At least one data-wise enterprise architect believes that some poor business outcomes are linked to poor data quality. Our recent interview with this practitioner, who shall go nameless, revealed support for our thesis, and
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But who is writing about it? Poor data quality articles are not flooding your inbox. Have you read the recent Harvard Business Review (HBR) article on the business impacts of poor data quality? No, because there’s no such article. Other than the regular blogging of Thomas C. Redman, who posted an HBR blog entry called
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No, “Lean Start-Up” doesn’t mean that the bank account is empty, but that is the truth for many start-ups. Steve Blank, a consulting associate professor at Stanford University and a lecturer and National Science Foundation principal investigator at the University of California at Berkeley and Columbia University, offered “Why the Lean Start-Up Changes Everything” in
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Are you able to tap into your creative side and brainstorm or is fear holding you back? In March I discussed the December 2012 Harvard Business Review (HBR) article “Reclaim Your Creative Confidence” written by Tom Kelley and David Kelley. Tom and David remind us that as children, we are able to show unabashed creativity,
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In a recent Harvard Business Review (HBR) blog network post, strategy consultant Dorie Clark posited that “You’re Probably Wrong About How Others Really See You” , but I’m wondering how others see your website. Do visitors think your website is ugly and you dressed it funny? Are they silently correcting your spelling and grammar mistakes as
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Authors Michael E. Raynor and Mumtaz Ahmed offer a bit of management and strategy advice that rings true. Three rules for greatness! I couldn’t resist jumping directly to their article, “Three Rules for Making a Company Truly Great” when my April 2013 issue of Harvard Business Review (HBR) arrived. They looked at more than 25,000 companies
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