Jim Davis, CMO at SAS reckons he has seen more change in business and economics in the past two or three years than in the previous 20. “To succeed in business you have to innovate, you have to do brand new things. Only problem is, that brings risks,” Jim said
To re-use an old phrase: “May you live in interesting times.” And we certainly do. Today, Fareed Zakaria addressed these interesting times in his keynote address at The Premier Business Leadership Series, titled "A Roadmap Out of the Economic Crisis." Asked, “Which one of the following economic regions do you
A panel of risk experts gave their reaction to the publication of the fifth global risk management survey report undertaken by SAS and the Economist Intelligence Unit. The report suggests that while lessons have been learned, some institutions may be sliding into complacency. At any rate, risk appetites are growing
Journalist and author David McCandless is a man with a passion: data visualization. Numbers have become so huge – in economics, business, statistics, science – that mere mortals just can’t get their heads round them. He illustrated that point today at The Premier Business Leadership Conference in his talk, "The
In the poll that kicked off the Premier Business Leadership Series Executive Viewpoint discussion, a majority of the audience disagreed with the proposition that most CEOs appreciate the importance of analytics in managing their organisations and rely on them far more than instinct or gut feel. Well, if that is
“Cautious optimism” in the short term, and “great expectations” for the long term would best summarize the mood of the panel of experts who kicked off Wednesday’s deliberations at The Premier Business Leadership Series. Gerard Lyons of Standard Chartered and Linda Yueh agreed that there will be a lot of
Last year Jim Goodnight shared the stage with Bill Green (the then CEO of Accenture) and talked about what it takes to build an analytical organization. This year Dr. Goodnight was with Pierre Nanterme, the current CEO of Accenture and they talked about what it means to lead an analytical
The Premier Business Leadership Series in Belgium offered an amazing opening sequence this morning, with a full wall of video addressing the issue of finding answers from "big data" and a light show featuring the spectacular crystal chandelier in the Belle Epoque ballroom. First up on the agenda this morning
Almost every day there is a new story of account takeover or cyber criminals draining commercial bank accounts. This leaves banks in the very difficult situation of needing to provide stronger authentication and more sophisticated technology to help prevent similar attacks in the future. According to the Federal Financial Institutions
One of the astonishing benefits of my job is getting to travel to beautiful places around the world to meet with customers and prospective customers at The Premier Business Leadership Series conferences. This year is no exception, the historical city of Antwerp as our backdrop, where hundreds have gathered to
