Given the increasing role of analytics, are HiPPOS going the way of the dinosaur? According to the recent research from Harvard Business Review Analytic Services, the answer is yes and no. Perhaps you’ve heard of the term HiPPO (Highest Paid Person in the Organization or Highest Paid Person’s Opinion) –
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In the world of technology, 2011 is unremarkable in some ways. As with every year, there are hot trends – hype, buzzwords and “must-have” technologies. Some might even assign analytics to the trending category this year. 2011 marks the 35th anniversary of the founding of SAS. For the past 35
I’ll admit I am particularly fond of a saying, “Begin at the beginning.” All too often we get ahead of ourselves when trying to tackle a problem. And without a clear understanding of the full scope of a problem, there’s always the risk of making it worse. Something like this
In a previous post, I described the ever-elusive goal of achieving alignment between Business and IT. On the one hand, we see some struggle between these groups, and on the other hand, we see that the lines between Business and IT are increasingly blurred. In fact, my conversations with CIOs
Having recently attended a string of conferences including the TDWI Executive Summit, the CIO 100 Symposium and Awards, and Computerworld’s Business Intelligence Perspectives – I made a point of talking to several IT senior executives. As a marketer, I read a lot about this audience and I receive many research
These days you can’t get very far without bumping into some variation of the term “networking.” Sure, there’s the area of computer networking, which is oh-so-important for those of us who must stay attuned to the IT world. But the concepts and opportunities for social networking are so prolific; it’s
These days, “silo” has become a dirty word within organizations – full of negative connotations about curmudgeonly individuals or teams not playing well with others. But at the How to Compete on Analytics: Apply It event in San Francisco on June 4th, SAS speaker Bob Messier advised the audience to