The novel COVID-19 outbreak has taken the entire world by storm. The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the outbreak as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern, and governmental bodies from across the world are investing a significant amount of time towards containing this disease. The outbreak has not just engendered tragedies of illness and […]
Data Democratization: The Key to Making your Organization Thrive
Not every employee in an organization has the same skill sets, nor even the same access to data, as a data analyst would. This results in data being viewed and analyzed far in the background, beyond many employees’ access. It is obscured and siloed away from employees who may misinterpret or not “understand” it. Critical […]
Business is Turning to a Post-Pandemic Data Driven Culture
2020: the year everything changed. Who could have imagined what business would look like at this time back when 2019 was coming to a close? Experienced business veterans are seeing a culture shift among their customer base never imaginable before this year. The unpredictability of 2020 proves out the important value of data analytics. To […]
Data and the Post-Pandemic World
Peter Drucker famously analyzed unpredictable social, political, and economic changes to the business landscape in The Age of Discontinuity, identifying situations where businesses must adapt immediately to mitigate losses or take advantage of opportunities. The widespread, unforeseen, and swift effects of the coronavirus pandemic have shown that businesses must be more prepared and agile than […]
Self-Check v.s. Cashier
Why are customers divided on self-checkout or cashiers? As technology advances and changes rapidly, our interactions with people, places, and things change as well. One example of this is the Self-Checkout service. I’ve always wondered why sometimes I find myself at the end of a large line at a grocery store, but next to the […]
In a Data World “Prep Cooks” Wanted: How Preparing Data is Crucial for Effective Use
Cooking shows are very popular, and many of them show creative, talented chefs whipping up delicious and innovative dishes with confidence and skill. What fewer of the shows explore is the prep work that is done in advance to allow those talented chefs to move through their tasks with ease and without distracting barriers to […]