Global Insights, Leadership

Fan Friendly Changes for the NFL & Super Bowl Prediction!

17 Sep , 2024  

With the 2024 NFL season underway, I want to share the changes that I most recommend for improving the NFL. Many of these would make the game more exciting and add strategy to the game. Strategy and Rule Changes: Goal Line On Side Possession: If a team wants the ball after a kickoff, let them […]

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Career Advice, Global Insights, Innovation, Leadership

Your Business and the Hispanic Economy – Super Growth Opportunities!

16 Sep , 2024  

The wave of Spanglish has hit advertisers in recent years. Dos Equis invites its customers to “Keep it Interesante,” while taco fans at Taco Bell “Live Más.”       Home Depot and other retailers have adopted a near bilingual policy in stores. Smart move! Interestingly, linguists report that a new language is evolving in […]

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Big Data and Analytics, Career Advice, Leadership

Let’s Connect – No Really – Tell Me What’s On Your Mind!

16 Sep , 2024  

Recently, I was reflecting on the thousands of students that have been in my classes, at the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, and now at Foster School of Business, University of Washington. Over the past 18 years, over 4000 students took my very popular Analytics Consulting Lab. In just the last month, I have […]

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Career Advice, Leadership

Back to School in 2024

1 Sep , 2024  

The first touches of Autumn are detectable in the Pacific Northwest. In the coming weeks, the maples will redden to welcome many students back to campus, including thousands of students for the first time. It is a time for growth, exploration, challenges, difficulty, and discovery. It can bring anxiety, confusion, loneliness,  and conflict, too. This […]

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Digital Strategy, Global Insights, Innovation, Leadership

Lessons from Collecting – What Happens When We Don’t Own?

27 Sep , 2023  

Recently, I caught up with a friend that I have known for 30 years. Today, we are both raising our children. In the 1980’s, we were teenagers in Florida collecting football and baseball cards, going to coin shops to find “rare” or different foreign coins, and of course we were listening to music on records […]

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Analytics, Innovation, Leadership

Changes to Make the NFL More Exciting!

24 Sep , 2023  

With the 2023 NFL season underway, I want to share the changes that I most recommend for improving the NFL. Many of these would make the game more exciting and add strategy to the game. Strategy and Rule Changes: Goal Line On Side Possession: If a team wants the ball after a kickoff, let them […]

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AI, Big Data, Global Insights, Leadership

AI and Digital Systems Failure = Arrests and Big Expenses at Hertz

18 Sep , 2023  

We are now more reliant than ever on digital systems to manage and control physical systems. We enjoy using systems like Ring to manage the front door and Nest to manage the HVAC system. Even my irrigation system has a digital interface and an app that makes turning on the sprinklers a breeze. Companies, of […]

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Global Insights, Leadership

Is Your Business Capturing the Hyper Growth in the US Hispanic Market?

14 Sep , 2023  

The wave of Spanglish has hit advertisers in recent years. Dos Equis invites its customers to “Keep it Interesante,” while taco fans at Taco Bell “Live Más.”       Home Depot and other retailers have adopted a near bilingual policy in stores. Smart move! Hispanic culture is alive an well in the US, and […]

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AI, Analytics, Big Data, Digital Strategy, Privacy, Risk Management

Is Your DNA Privacy Protected? – Probably Not – Read Why

9 Sep , 2023  

Companies often grapple with the challenges of respecting customer privacy. Although most firms do not seek to cause or do harm, data breaches, inadvertent misuse of data, and unauthorized publishing of data seem to ultimately happen. Data on a social media site, on a shopping site, or from your gym membership may seem sensitive. But, […]

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AI, Analytics, Big Data, Global Insights

College Football – Data on Who is a Fan – Are you a Fan?

8 Sep , 2023  

With the college football in full swing, 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 […]

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