Big Data and Analytics, Global Insights, Leadership

10 Maps and Charts that Explain Our Country: Society, Economy, and Prosperity in Focus

29 Nov , 2016  

The US economy has hit a relative high note – low unemployment and high company evaluations. So, why are some places still hurting and not growing? The answer is tied to dramatically different plights and outlooks of Americans based on where we live. Our economies are really local. I believe these differences are rooted in […]

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Analytics, Big Data, Big Data and Analytics, Digital Strategy, Innovation

Digital Lessons from Netflix: When is a Customer a Fan?

25 Nov , 2016  

Netflix has long been heralded as a leader in the use of analytics and even the creation of novel big data. That is all true. Nobody knows more about movie tastes than Netflix, with its some 1 billion reviews in its database. The graphic above shows that Netflix can use such data and customer behavior […]

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Analytics, Big Data, Big Data and Analytics, Career Advice, Digital Strategy, Innovation

Big Data to Big Profits: Strategies for Monetizing Social, Mobile, and Digital Data with Data Science

16 Nov , 2016  

Executive Education Course Big Data to Big Profits: Strategies for Monetizing Social, Mobile, and Digital Data with Data Science   This course, Big Data to Big Profits: Strategies for Monetizing Social, Mobile, and Digital Data with Data Science, led by professors Russell Walker and Edward Malthouse, will examine how firms can take big data to […]

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Big Data and Analytics, Leadership

Do You Live in a Bubble? 5 Lessons from the 2016 Presidential Election

9 Nov , 2016  

Do You Live in a Bubble? 5 Lessons from the 2016 Presidential Election The 2016 Presidential election offers many valuable lessons. It shows that for many Americans, especially those in urban areas, there is a bubble. Living in a bubble is a challenge for sound decision-making and leadership. The lessons embedded in the surprising results […]

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Big Data, Big Data and Analytics, Career Advice, Digital Strategy, Innovation

Valuable Data Products: Answers to Career Questions & More

16 Oct , 2016  

Turning Data into Valuable Data Products The acquisition of LinkedIn by Microsoft raises many interesting and valuable business possibilities. LinkedIn is the first and largest repository of data on career paths for millions of people. It has deep and valuable information on firms, the path of careers, and even the best majors for specific careers. […]

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Big Data and Analytics, Digital Strategy, Innovation

Digitization Lessons from Google’s Nest

6 Oct , 2016  

By now, most of us have seen or are even using programmable thermostats. One of the recent and more interesting offerings in this space is from Nest. Nest sells a thermostat that captures data about human presence to self learn what heating and cooling decisions are best. Programming is not needed; it learns what is […]

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Big Data and Analytics, Digital Strategy

College Football: Lessons in Big Data and Data Visualization. Who’s Your Fan?

10 Sep , 2016  

With the college football season underway, it is worth a look to see how the teams stack-up, not based on rankings, but based on fan loyalty. Big Data and Data Visualization help us with this and lead to some interesting insights. College football also offers us a great opportunity to look at the Big Data […]

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Big Data Monetization Strategies: Yahoo! and LinkedIn Purchases Show the Importance of User Data

Big Data and Analytics, Digital Strategy

Big Data Monetization Strategies: Yahoo! and LinkedIn Purchases Show the Importance of User Data

25 Jul , 2016  

This weekend, we learned that Verizon has agreed to purchase Yahoo! for $4.83 billion dollars. Recently, Salesforce.com CEO, Mark Benioff announced that it would have paid more than the $26.2 billion paid by Microsoft for LinkedIn. With Verizon’s $4.4 billion purchase of AOL last year, these mega transactions raise some questions about what is a […]

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Big Data to Big Profits: Learn How to Monetize Big Data with Data Science: Leveraging Social, Mobile, and Digital Data for Growth

Big Data and Analytics, Digital Strategy

Big Data to Big Profits: Learn How to Monetize Big Data with Data Science: Leveraging Social, Mobile, and Digital Data for Growth

20 Jul , 2016  

  Program on Creating Valuable Digital, Social, and Mobile Touch Points with Customer Includes: Measuring & Managing Digital, Social, and Mobile Touch Points with Customers Strategies for Monetizing Big Data Opportunities for Creating Data Products Leading the Data Science Team Creating New Data for Digital Disruption Managing Data Assets for Growth and Innovation Professor Walker […]

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What is Your Data Worth? More on LinkedIn, Microsoft, & the Value of User Data

Big Data and Analytics, Digital Strategy

What is Your Data Worth? More on LinkedIn, Microsoft, & the Value of User Data

16 Jun , 2016  

The recent announcement of Microsoft’s acquisition of LinkedIn has raised many questions about how Microsoft will monetize this data. In my recent article of how Microsoft can create value from this transactions, many people rightfully raised the point that data contributed to LinkedIn is given in exchange for networking. LinkedIn, like all social media and […]

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