I jotted down the following fact from a session yesterday at the Disney Analytics & Optimization Summit: Organizations that invest in analytics perform better in the market. That's quite an assertion. Tweetable for sure. But it was a late-afternoon presentation and I was hungry for supper. So I forgot about
Nobody wants to rub people the wrong way. We've all done it, even if word never got back to us that it happened. Having ample first-hand experience with this, I deeply appreciated the opening keynote by MIT's Michael Schrage at the 2011 Disney Analytics & Optimization Summit. Schrage, research fellow
Facilitated by Mary P. Flynn of Disney Institute, the “Inspiring Creativity" Masterclass at The Premier Business Leadership Series was an amazing insight into Disney's approach to inspiring creativity and turning innovation into everyday practice. Whatever else you may feel about Disney, no one can accuse them of anything less than
After attending the "Analytics in the Executive Suite" panel at The Premier Business Leadership Series in Las Vegas, I came away with solid advice for companies looking to grow an analytics-based culture. Guidance came from representatives of companies with a strong analytics infrastructure: Eric Webster, State Farm Insurance; Barbara Pindar,
