My colleague Geoffrey Taylor recently wrote about the education and training of analytic resources and the potential shortage of these resources in the job market. My other colleague Russ Cobb addressed building an analytical workforce in his recent entry. What’s on my mind is what happens when you finally find this talent – how to do you keep it?
Often times these highly-skilled analytical resources are referred to as "rock stars." When I think of rock stars, the images I envision are the singer not showing up, the guitar player waiting to do his solo no matter what the band wants to do, and the drummer trying to keep everyone from fighting. Fortunately, my experience managing analytics resources is that these resources are more "all stars" than "rock stars." Read More
