As we head into the week before America’s Health Insurance Plan’s annual Institute, just a few thoughts…….. How healthy is our healthcare system? It depends of course on your definition of healthy. Imagine spending 24/7 tirelessly working to improve “the system” and always being painted as the “bad guy.” What
What does it really mean to be a global company? From a communications perspective, it certainly demands that we all speak the same language, whether its in English, Chinese, French, Danish or Bahasa Malayu. For that matter, whether it’s US English, UK English, Aussie, Kiwi or South African. Challenge? You
Two thoughts from here in London to follow on the two recent posts by my colleagues Alyssa and Peter. I’ll try to complement their thorough, thoughtful comments with a few brief, random ones from my work room that overlooks the amazing pitch of Wembley Stadium. First, related to Tapscott and
In a panel discussion about innovation Tuesday at the Premier Business Leadership Series in London, the CEO of Telstra, Sol Trujillo, called upon business leaders to employ the “Wayne Gretzky" management technique. Instead of reacting to play occuring right now, move ahead to where you predict the puck will be
When I first heard the word metadata, I didn't get it. This was in 1999. I was new at SAS and writing an article about data warehousing. The definition, "data about data," meant nothing to me. (Plus, I've always had trouble with the meta prefix in general. Go read the
The Marlow Film Institute developed an interest in video for the Web after producing the Mystery of the Missing Mummy series (the mummy also co-starred in "The SAS Professionals" as a patient). That series was inspired by the theft of a plastic mummy from SAS Forum UK in 2007. So,
Not to belabor the topic of SAS Global Forum, but it is still on the minds -- and feet, judging from my blisters -- of many of us who attended last week. What I find most invigorating about the experience is the opportunity to put faces and voices with the
Chris Volinsky, the director of statistical research at AT&T Labs, will deliver the keynote address for the communications industry track at SAS Global Forum in San Antonio. In addition to his expertise in advanced analytics for telecommunications, Chris is a member of a team of researchers that provided the best
The themes of best practices and how to quantify return on a technology initiative have raced through my reading the past couple of weeks. The Economist’s recent special report on Government and Technology struck me because it covers so many issues – including citizen expectations – facing governments trying to
Recently, the European leg of Gartner's BI Summit series wrapped up Amsterdam. With the crazy pace of vendor consolidation and the release of the Gartner Magic Quadrant for BI Platforms Q1 2008 on the Friday prior to the conference, everyone wanted to hear what the folks had to say about
