How much is happiness worth?

Evan Stubbs
Evan Stubbs|August 24, 2011

Just because every sector can benefit from Business Analytics doesn’t mean that it’s easy. I always find applying analytics in the public sector a fascinating challenge – in the commercial sector, it’s normally fairly easy to identify the value being created. Revenue uplifts, deferred investments, cost reductions; these are all [...]

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Want to get attention?

Evan Stubbs
Evan Stubbs|April 11, 2011

Chuck Holland, VP of Engineering at UPS, made a good point today at INFORMS – if you want to get someone’s attention, date their daughter. The link between that and business analytics may seem more than a little tenuous, but it’s a good one – as most parents will probably [...]

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Losing track of time

Evan Stubbs
Evan Stubbs|June 27, 2010

I recently got back from a trip overseas – one of the relative disadvantages of living in Australia is that everything’s a long way away.  A long, long way away, especially when you’re travelling with a two-year old.  I’m also a keen photographer and while it’s a good problem to [...]

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    In many ways, Australia and New Zealand are unique - we live a day in the future, our birds walk and our mammals lay eggs. However, one thing we have in common with the rest of the world is the need to be globally competitive while staying local. On this blog, Evan Stubbs and his colleagues provide a uniquely ANZ perspective on doing business, using analytics to be more effective, and life in the antipodes in general.

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