Analytics

Integrating Data Analytics Into HR Is the Future of this Department

As businesses push further toward total optimization, companies are rapidly turning to the power of data, using it to increase efficiency...
Ashok Sharma
Aug 23, 2022 4 min read

Making Your First Analytics Hire? Don’t Make It a Data Scientist

There is a disconnect that often exists when an organization is just getting started with analytics. One of the key factors...
Michiko Wolcott
Jul 30, 2022 6 min read

Data: It takes a village, but the buck has to stop somewhere

I’ve said many times: too often, an existing function implicitly assumes data responsibilities in organizations that struggle with data management (for...
Michiko Wolcott
Apr 1, 2022 4 min read 162

I think I’m responsible for data… am I?

It’s more times than I can count on one hand. A business or technology leader tells me they have a lot...
Michiko Wolcott
Feb 1, 2022 4 min read 173

The Quality of Analytics Practice: Making It Happen

In my previous blog, “Who is looking after the quality of your analytics?”, I talked about what it meant to ensure...
Michiko Wolcott
Oct 1, 2021 5 min read 118

Who is looking after the quality of your analytics?

We talk a lot about using analytics to improve the quality of something else. But when was the last time you...
Michiko Wolcott
Aug 23, 2021 6 min read 166

How to Automate Analytics Professionals Out of Their Jobs

I would be a big fat liar if I say I have never wasted time. I’ve been unproductive and procrastinated plenty...
Michiko Wolcott
Jun 16, 2021 4 min read 143

Why “AI/ML” Will Land Me in Jail, and My Other Pet Peeves

I joke quite a bit about how I am annoyed by a lot of things. I do have a lot of...
Michiko Wolcott
May 24, 2021 3 min read 125

AI as A Catalyst for Data Governance

“What is the fruit of these teachings? Only the most beautiful and proper harvest of the truly educated — tranquility, fearlessness,...
Yattish Ramhorry
May 12, 2021 4 min read 138

Three Imperatives for Successfully “Outsourcing” Analytics

I’ve been on the service provider side of analytics for my entire professional life. I’ve also been in leadership positions in...
Michiko Wolcott
Apr 22, 2021 4 min read
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Top Marketers Keep Customers in Mind

Customers satisfied with the products or services a business provides are more likely to continue doing business with that company. The...
Jim Katzaman
Apr 9, 2021 2 min read

Can Synthetic Data Solve Our Data Bias and Privacy Problems?

Nicolai Baldin, founder and CEO of Synthesized.io, talks about the future of sharing data and the power of synthetic data. Synthetic...
Dara Tarkowski
Mar 19, 2021 3 min read 200