Rome and our “Poor Data Quality” survey weren’t built in a day. In my last blog post about poor data quality, I noted that in recent days, little had been published about poor data quality. In fact, a small experiment with Google AdWords indicated that “Poor Data Quality” and related terms had Low Value. Here […]
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Hey you entrepreneurs, start selling your new product idea as early as possible, according to a survey report published in the May 2013 issue of Harvard Business Review (HBR). Authors Vincent Onyemah and Abdul Ali, associate professors at Babson College, and Martha Rivera Pasquera, a professor of marketing at IPADE Business School in Mexico City,
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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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Custom IT Research takes creativity. The December 2012 issue of Harvard Business Review offered some good advice about reclaiming your creative confidence. If you have an online HBR subscription, you can read the article here. Tom and David Kelley, the authors of “Reclaim Your Creative Confidence”, are prime movers at IDEO, a design and innovation
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Do you practice critical thinking? “Some ideas are better than others. The machinery for distinguishing them is an essential tool in dealing with the world and especially in dealing with the future.” Carl Sagan, The Burden of Skepticism. Dr. Sagan was discussing the challenge of finding the right balance point between skeptical scrutiny of hypotheses
