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Complimentary Resource – Best Practices for a BI and Analytics Strategy

Strategy Driven

A growing number of organizations are moving toward having more pervasive Business Intelligence (BI) by turning to evidence-based decision making supported by a range of BI and analytics technology and processes that enable decision makers to have the best possible intelligence about customers, finances, operations, suppliers, and the market.

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Complimentary Resource – Forrester Research Report: The Business Impact of Mobile Engagement

Strategy Driven

In interviews with more than 100 mobile innovators, they have found four places where mobile engagement transforms services and processes: customer engagement, process acceleration, employee productivity, and new business services. Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. Consider leaving a comment! All rights reserved.

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Bookseller Leadership Mistakes

Coaching Tip

The new retail-oriented CEO decided to close down their website, fire their internal website experts and contract out information technology by having their books sold through Amazon.com. Unfortunately, the Borders CEO didn''t recognize that the Internet was changing everything.including the book retail business. Related articles.

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Complimentary Resource – Improving Business Operation Performance With Innovations

Strategy Driven

Improving Business Operation Performance With Innovations. Learn how using analytics to guide a business operations function is the path to continuous improvement and achieving higher operational performance. Arguably no technology is changing job functions within organizations more than analytics. Consider leaving a comment!

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IT Organizations Built to Last

Strategy Driven

Over the past two decades, technology has advanced exponentially; and with that burgeoning growth, IT organizations have seen tremendous expansion. IT companies, in particular, need to be deliberate in getting out in front of change or risk being surpassed by advancing technology. Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC.

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How to Get Over Your Inaction on Big Data

Harvard Business Review

For instance, a 2013 Gartner survey found that 64% of enterprises were deploying or planning big data projects, up from 58% the year before. Second, they’re inconsistent with the history of technology. So forget the ROI mind-set and the project mentality, and imbue big data into your overall business strategy. Technology'

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An Introduction to Data-Driven Decisions for Managers Who Don’t Like Math

Harvard Business Review

But most importantly, they must capture something your business cares about. Data can come from all manner of sources, including customer surveys, business intelligence software, and third party research. For more on what analytics can be used for, read Thomas Davenport’s 2013 HBR article Analytics 3.0.