In my last post, we took a look at what BI is and isn’t and how it can really be used to make real-world business decisions. I promised you an example to help illustrate my point, so here we go. Let’s take a buyer of raw materials in a production facility. If that buyer is
Read More...There’s mainly one question being tossed around these days, at least as we hear it: how do companies not only survive but improve during times of economic recession? One tool that can certainly assist is Business Intelligence (BI). When one says BI, there are many reactions from “what is that?” to “oh right, you mean
Read More...This is from the cover of the March 2009 edition of Entrepreneur. I loved it! Sums up how we are thinking over here at MiPro. be fearless. See beyond the recession. Run a lean business. Protect your business idea. Raise your first round of capital. Keep the fire in your belly. Kick some ass.
Read More...Today, if you’ve been scanning the wires, you’ll note that we’ve announced a brand-new services arm focusing on Business Intelligence (BI). This shouldn’t come as a huge surprise to people who follow us on Twitter and read this blog regularly; about three weeks ago, we announced our hiring of Larry Zagata, an established BI guru,
Read More...I suppose entering a new year is generally a cause for reflection on my part, and I tend to begin the year reviewing some Stephen Covey or similar classic in the self-management field. I find it sets me on the right path for the year, and gets me thinking about what is important in the
Read More...IBM Smarter Math: Correlates nicely with the best 3 jobs you can have, as ranked by the WSJ: mathematician, actuary, statistician.
Read More...Underconsideration.com has a great showcase of brand/logo redesigns done right and horribly, horribly wrong. The top honor winner, Dave Egger’s own 826 Valencia, is astounding. To wit: Likewise, WGN Superstation, the worst offender (in my opinion), is downright, well…horrible. It’s like 1988 meets Big Brother and a metric ton of eyeshadow. Can’t see how this
Read More...Fantastic post by Don Dodge over at The Next Big Thing about the mentality necessary to endure tough economic times: Chaos brings opportunity. A recession makes companies think about saving money. They consider small vendors that they wouldn’t do business with in boom times. Competitors go out of business. Be in a position to take
Read More...Michael Sippey proffers the absolute best list of real-world project management lingo that is (unfortunately) really, truly out there and really, truly used by people who should really, truly know better. My favorites: Clue bat Coconut shuffle Come to Beavis meeting Consistify Eating the elephant one bite at a time Gantt flotsam Happy status Hit
Read More...Google has posted its 2008 zeigeist collection, which is a compilation of the most popular searches, by category, that flowed through Google search boxes throughout 2008. As always, there are some interesting finds for 2008, and certainly it’s easy to see how these were so top-of-mind: Fastest rising global search: Sarah Palin Top three searches
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