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Data is Worthless if You Don't Communicate It

Harvard Business Review

Too many managers are, with the help of their analyst colleagues, simply compiling vast databases of information that never see the light of day, or that only get disseminated in auto-generated business intelligence reports. This was great work in itself, but Gottman didn''t stop there.

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Shadow IT Is Out of the Closet

Harvard Business Review

They're simpler to implement than their enterprise-wide counterparts and business people see them as worthwhile and cost-effective. A large insurance client of mine recently added a new data visualization tool to its business intelligence toolbox. The result?

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The CIO as Corporate Psychic

Harvard Business Review

Will they integrate with current Business Intelligence systems? Specialized trade shows and conferences such as the MIT Sloan Business in Gaming Conference that draw fringe players and startups can provide unusual perspectives on future technologies and are refreshingly devoid of consultants and other CIOs.

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