I am just going to start off by saying that I am a Laura Madsen fan. Her writing style combines laugh-out-loud humor with practical experience, making her books both enjoyable and educational. Even some of the book’s subheadings, like “Let’s Not Do Dumb Stuff Faster” and “Kwality Is Job One,” made me laugh out loud. …
Research has shown that many people learn best when they see a story or information depicted in an image. Graphs, charts with colors, lines and shapes can often tell a story and communicate issues, challenges and opportunities in a business environment. According to Forbes, “Almost eighty-thousand scientific studies attest that visual images promote retention.” Let’s…
Data is the supply chain for AI. For generative AI, even in fine-tuned, company-specific large language models, the data that is input into training data comes from a host of different sources. If the data from any given source is unreliable, then the training data will be deficient and the LLM output will be untrustworthy….
When a business decides to undertake a data democratization initiative, improve data literacy, and create a role for citizen data scientists, the management team often assumes that business users will be eager to participate, and that assumption can cause these initiatives to fail. Like every other cultural shift within an organization, the management team must…
In the insurance industry, data governance best practices are not just buzzwords — they’re critical safeguards against potentially catastrophic breaches. The 2015 Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield data breach serves as a stark reminder of why robust data governance is crucial. The Breach: A Wake-Up Call In January 2015, Anthem, one of the largest health…
Every business (large or small) creates and depends upon data. One hundred years ago, businesses looked to leaders and experts to strategize and to create operational goals. Decisions were based on opinion, guesswork, and a complicated mixture of notes and records reflecting historical results that may or may not be relevant to the future. Today,…
Business Intelligence (BI) solutions have been around for some time. Traditional BI tools were designed to be used by the IT team, business analysts, and data scientists and utilized sophisticated features that required specialized knowledge and skills possessed only by the technical and analytical community. In this environment, business users were consumers of content, and…
I’ve often encountered client staff, course students, and conference attendees who are grappling with the basic question: “What is the difference between Data Managementand Data Governance?” It seems that the more our industry expands, the more frequently this question is asked. ———- I attribute this to a few factors: The increasing volume of data management…
Building information systems (BAS) allow decision-makers to get real-time insights on overall traffic per floor or time of day to the precise temperatures in specific rooms. That data can encourage them to extract actionable takeaways to save energy and increase operational efficiency. So, how can facilities managers and others turn these ideals into everyday strategies? …
Every once in a while, a book comes along that contains such innovative ideas that I find myself whispering “wow” and “interesting” as I read through the pages. “Enterprise Intelligence,” by Eugene Asahara, is one such book. Eugene takes three basic ingredients that are not so new (business intelligence, knowledge graphs, and large language models),…
