decisions

What’s that tool? It’s a macguffin, sir

March 24, 2011

When will someone write the first novel about business intelligence? Easier said than done!

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Bring in the shrinks for decision analysis

January 19, 2010

Now comes the hard part in business intelligence: figuring out how the humans can make better use of all our data and tools for decision making, writes Wayne Eckerson, director of TDWI Research. Let’s bring in the shrinks. When Wayne points to a trend, it’s news even if others might have already foreseen it. He’s [...]

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You know it when they dance

November 17, 2009

Here’s that eternal question again: how do you know when whatever you’re working on is good enough? Today, two perspectives. The Oscar-winning sound designer Walter Murch, speaking Friday night at the Rafael Film Center in San Rafael California, told about talking shop with Michael Jackson’s engineers. They told Murch that they had no special insight, [...]

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