Archive for February, 2009
Wine Intelligence Provides Interesting Case Study During Recession
Sunday, February 15th, 2009I was glancing through the headlines of my BI RSS feed when I came to a sudden stop at the headline “Wine Intelligence”. Now anyone who knows me will acknowledge that my passion for BI is only equalled by my passion for fine wines and chocolate. So this headline was brewing up to a perfect [...]
Choice of 3 Simple Responses to the Current Downturn
Thursday, February 12th, 2009Since most of you have been bombarded with blog entries and articles on how to survive the tough times, I am going to keep this short and sweet. There are only 3 ways to respond to the current situation:
Ignore It,
Accept Defeat, or
Take Control
And the way to take control is to put the customer back into the [...]
Business Intelligence Bringing Left Brain Innovation Into Play
Friday, February 6th, 2009Over the past few years, innovation was a big part of the strategy in most organizations. This often resulted in various education programs to activate and energize the so-called creative right brain. Business intelligence tools are now bringing the innovation focus to the left side of the brain, the logical side.
It is often thought that [...]
The Dangers of Relying on Long-Term Memory in Decision Making
Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009I often get challenged when I suggest that most of us have pretty poor long term recall. Admittedly, I too once believed that about myself – and worse, I still do believe that! And this committed, falsely held opinion is the very essence of why business leaders and decision makers can NOT rely on memory [...]