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How Companies Say They’re Using Big Data

Harvard Business Review

.” Survey respondents included Presidents, Chief Information Officers, Chief Analytics Officers, Chief Marketing Officers, and Chief Data Officers representing 50 industry giants, including American Express, Capital One, Disney, Ford Motors, General Electric, JP Morgan, MetLife, Nielsen, Turner Broadcasting, United Parcel Service, and USAA.

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6 Ways to Keep Good Ideas from Dying at Your Company

Harvard Business Review

“We’re working on the problems that haven’t arrived yet,” says executive director Kyle Nel, who reports to the company’s chief information officer. Many companies have figured out how to parcel out small amounts of money to employees cultivating something new. Invest real money.