Career Advice, Global Insights, Leadership, Risk Management
“If you can’t Measure it, you can’t Manage it. ” – W. Edwards Deming Each year, as a service to our students here at Northwestern University, I hold a special session showing new graduates how to make a personal financial plan. If you are not measuring your personal finances, you are not managing your personal finances. […]
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Big Data, Big Data and Analytics, Career Advice, Digital Strategy, Innovation
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
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 […]
Artificial Intelligence, Asset Surveillance, Automation, Big Data, Big Data Analytics, Data Analytics, Digital, Digital Economy, Digital Platforms, featured, Google, IoT, Sensors, Technology
A great focus for many startups, investors, and entrepreneurs is creating the next Uber or Airbnb. I have examined how both Uber and Airbnb have leverage data in powerful ways. A great deal of their success comes from their superior digital platforms, so let’s examine what principles are at work in becoming the next digital disruptor. […]
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The below blog appeared originally at EcoCentric, a leading channel for sustainable food practices. Over the last few years, students in the Kellogg Analytical Consulting Lab, a popular lab class that I founded and teach, have undertaken novel research on the economic drivers and performance of the food industry. It is wonderful to see our […]
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Big Data and Analytics, Digital Strategy
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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Fall is nearly here in Evanston, Illinois; the maples are turning orange and the summer is quickly cooling. In the coming weeks, we will welcome our new students to campus at Northwestern University. It is always an exciting time of the year. It is exciting to be part of the new journey that our students […]
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Digital Strategy, Risk Management
Walmart recently announced that it is purchasing Jet.com for some $3.3 billion dollars. For Jet.com, which was founded in January of 2014, it is a remarkable return in a short period of time. The purchase shows that the battleground for E-commerce is being fought on digital convenience and value to customers. E-commerce has two-fronts: the […]
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Big Data and Analytics, Digital Strategy
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 and Analytics, Digital Strategy
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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