The performance ideas blog

Category: Analytics

  • A post full of business analytics updates

    Here are a few updates, news and noteworthy links for this week. New book about Performance Management Make sure to check out the latest book about Performance Management written by Steve Player and the late Jeremy Hope. It’s called Beyond Performance Management: Why, When, and How to Use 40 Tools and Best Practices for Superior Business…

  • Contribute to the “2012 Wisdom of Crowds BI Market Study”

    Dear readers of this blog, I’d like to personally encourage you to contribute to Howard Dresner’s annual Wisdom of Crowds Business Intelligence Market Study. Howard is a veteran of the BI industry and his studies provide valuable insights for all business intelligence professionals. The great news is that all participating customers will receive a complementary…

  • The Evolution of Social Business Intelligence – Guest Post

    Guest Post This mission of this blog is to share ideas about business analytics. One of the things I want to increasingly do this year is to feature more guest bloggers and do more interviews. A few months ago, I came across Sanjay Shetty’s unique blog Communities R Us. His approach to blogging about social…

  • SUCCEED Magazine- An article about Business Analytics

    SUCCEED Magazine About six months ago, I had the honor to write a short article for the business magazine SUCCEED which is distributed via Austrian Airlines. Succeed is actually one of the frequent flier magazines that I love reading. There is a ton of valuable business content in there. The purpose of the bilingual post…

  • The Gartner BI Summit 2012 – A great event

    Gartner BI Summit 2012 Wow. I cannot believe it. The Gartner BI Summit 2012 is already over. The event raced by like a bullet train at full speed. Time flies when you are having fun. Last Wednesday, I sat down with the conference agenda and developed a nice plan. I had grand visions of collecting…

  • 7 reasons to register for the IBM Innovations in Business Analytics Launch

    The launch…. Finally! The wait is over! Mark your calendars and register for the March 7th special IBM Business Analytics event. A bunch of really cool & innovative stuff will be revealed. And let me tell you: If you are interested in Business Analytics, you do not want to miss this product launch! Over the…

  • Are CMOs in denial of the new normal? The IBM CMO Study

    The IBM CMO Study Last week, I wrote about Dan Zarrella’s book ‘Zarrella’s Hierarchy of Contagiousness‘. The author declares that many marketing professionals often follow fluffy ‘guesswork’ when it comes to social media. The book implies that the marketing profession is struggling with social media. Is that really so? Are professionals maybe in denial of…

  • 7 things recovery has taught me about project management

    Project Management “Only big dreams have the power to move men’s souls.” Marcus Aurelius Back in December I was diagnosed with cartilage damage in my knee. This is a nasty injury that often results in people not being able to walk without pain let alone do any kind of weight-bearing sport like skiing or running.…

  • Zarrella’s Hierarchy of Contagiousness – A review

    ZARRELLA’S HIERARCHY OF CONTAGIOUSNESS A few days ago I bought and downloaded the ubiquitous eBook Zarrella’s Hierarchy of Contagiousness: The Science, Design, and Engineering of Contagious Ideas. There is a lot of stuff about social media out there but I find that many materials are fuzzy and hype-oriented. Dan Zarrella’s book is definitely different and…

  • Professionalism – 5 Things We Can Learn From Athletes

    PROFESSIONALISM Professionalism is on of those things that is hard to explain. We admire people that are really professional. And many folks would probably think of themselves as being highly professional. Yet, many people are frustrated when it comes to their careers. They are either not getting promoted or they feel that their accomplishments are…