After-show roundup

Peter Dorrington
Peter Dorrington|October 28, 2011

Well, that’s another year of PBLS completed and I have really enjoyed my first conference in sunny Orlando (when I would normally be worrying about the first winter frosts at home in the UK). With luck, I will be able to attend next year when the conference returns to Las [...]

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Strategy is innovation

Peter Dorrington
Peter Dorrington|October 28, 2011

When companies launch innovation initiatives, they typically focus all of their time and energy on a feverish quest for the big breakthrough idea. But that initial spark of inspiration is merely a starting point. The real innovation challenge lies beyond the idea, in a long, complex journey from imagination to [...]

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What's more important than the size of your data?

Alison Bolen
Alison Bolen|October 28, 2011

In 27 years at SAS, Keith Collins says his whole career has been about scaling to the enterprise. He wonders, “Why now do we call it big data? What will the next generation call it? Bigger data?” Keith led a panel of business leaders at the Premier Business Leadership Series [...]

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10 tips to greatness from Jim Collins

Alison Bolen
Alison Bolen|October 27, 2011

If you enjoyed reading Peter’s and John’s posts about the Jim Collins presentation at The Premier Business leadership series, you’ll really enjoy this list of ten things you can start doing today to become great. Whether you are just staring your first business or a seasoned business leader, you can [...]

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Great by choice

Peter Dorrington
Peter Dorrington|October 27, 2011

Why do some companies thrive in uncertainty, even chaos, and others do not? Author and business expert Jim Collins offered his insight on this phenomenon based on nine years of research that he and his colleague Morten Hansen collected for their new book Great by Choice: Uncertainty, Chaos and Luck [...]

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The data challenge across multiple industries

Peter Dorrington
Peter Dorrington|October 26, 2011

When you Google “big data,” you get big data about big data. We are living in the age of information overload, which creates many challenges, including big data, information silos and integration issues. It was my great pleasure to introduce a panel of experts at The Premier Business Leadership Series [...]

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The new era of customer experience

Peter Dorrington
Peter Dorrington|October 26, 2011

It only took me minutes from arriving in Orlando to understand just how important consumers are to the local economy. As we heard from Alex Martins of Orlando Magic earlier today, there are a lot of businesses competing for the consumer’s “entertainment dollar.” Of course, it is also important to [...]

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The future of fraud investigation is information based

Alison Bolen
Alison Bolen|October 26, 2011

In many ways, the early 1990s were the heyday of Special Investigation Units (SIU) for insurance companies, says Tim Wolfe, Director of Special Investigations for CNA, a commercial property and casualty insurance provider. Around that time, states started requiring companies to report suspicious claims and insurers increased staff to meet [...]

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The poop on change management

Kelly Levoyer
Kelly Levoyer|October 26, 2011

Kevin Hofer, Director of Inventory Management for Sears Holdings, wins the award for best presentation analogy at The Premier Business Leadership Series. He compared the change management around Sears Holdings’ implementation of a merchandise planning system to his process for how he successfully potty trained his 18-month-old son…in one day. [...]

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What's the news?

Kelly Levoyer
Kelly Levoyer|October 26, 2011

The Premier Business Leadership Series in Orlando was the backdrop for a number of news announcements from SAS. Here’s a rundown: 1. Big Data research A new survey has found that organizations with formal data management strategies derive more value from data assets and outperform competitors. The survey, Big Data: [...]

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