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Barry Devlin: People are the third element of the business “trinity”

December 2, 2013 by Ted Cuzzillo

Barry Devlin’s elegant writing style and the wisdom of his observations in Business unIntelligence convinced me at first graze that it would be worth reading. Then today, as I needed a reason to make time, I came across this.

Business exists, not to make money, but for and because of peoples’ needs to interact and trade the fruits of their labors.

I think that’s correct. It’s also a bold statement to an industry run by technology within a business culture mostly driven by other values. Even better, it promises more. We can hope it gives the BI industry a prod. Who has more credibility to do so than a co-inventor of the data warehouse?… Read the rest “Barry Devlin: People are the third element of the business “trinity””

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It’s “business UN-intelligence” without intuition, insight, and inspiration

August 15, 2013 by Ted Cuzzillo

The little joke among people who first hear of business intelligence is that it sounds like an oxymoron. But now someone who’s high on my list of experts in this industry, a founder of data warehousing, has used it seriously in a challenge to the business intelligence industry.

Barry Devlin writes in a blog post, “Much of the business behavior I’ve encountered has been far from intelligent.”
No argument there. He keeps going. “What about intuition, insight or inspiration? Should we not also consider social aspects, given that business is largely a collective, collaborative venture?”

I like it. It’s all in the first blog post of a series that introduces his forthcoming book, Business unIntelligence: Insight and Innovation Beyond Analytics and Big Data.… Read the rest “It’s “business UN-intelligence” without intuition, insight, and inspiration”

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