Digital Strategy, Global Insights, Innovation, Leadership
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 […]
Asset Surveillance, car ownership, collecting, Data Monetization, Digital, Digital Economy, Digital Platforms, economics, featured, hobbies, Hobby, Home Onwership, Marketing, Music, NFT, ownership, Tesla, Uber
Digital Strategy, Global Insights, Leadership
The recent report of the Consumer Price Index topping 6.2% has sent shiver of inflation fears into the market. However, this inflationary hit seems different than the inflation seen in recent episodes of high inflation. Examining this will help us determine who are the winners and losers of the current inflation spike. How is the […]
Algorithm, Amazon, Analytics, Artificial Intelligence, Consumer Price Index, covid, CPI, Digital, Digital Economy, economic growth, Economic Sciences, economics, featured, Growth, Inflation, Labor, Microsoft, Phillips Curve, Unemployment, US Economy, wages
Big Data, Big Data and Analytics, Digital Strategy
Are you Netflix or Blockbuster?
A great focus for many startups, investors, and entrepreneurs is creating the next Netflix, Amazon, Uber, or Airbnb – namely to be a digital disruptor. Netflix conquered the analog and physical model of Blockbuster by bringing a digital layer to measure customers, movies, and even brand placements. Before Netflix, Blockbuster was the media channel of preference. It died a rather quick death when media and media consumption became digital.
Airbnb, Amazon, Analytics, Apple, Asset Surveillance, Big Data, Big Data to Big Profits, Data Analytics, Data Products, Digital, Digital Economy, Digital Platforms, disruption, featured, Uber
Analytics, Big Data, Big Data and Analytics, Digital Strategy
Everyday Lessons from the Facebook Data Scandal As the facts come out slowly, there is convincing revelation that what Facebook did and did not do that was highly misguided. There are other realities of the nature of big data capture and digital surveillance in our lives that we must reconsider. Indeed, the notion of privacy […]
Cambridge Analytica, Data Capture, Data Misuse, Data Monetization, Digital Economy, Digital Privacy, Facebook, featured, Privacy, Social Media Risks
Analytics, Big Data, Big Data and Analytics, Digital Strategy, Innovation
Improvements from Artificial Intelligence and (More) Robots in Our Lives It is anticipated that some 22 million units of Amazon echo will be purchased this year. Building on the 11 million sold in 2016, north of 30 million units will soon be deployed. It is perhaps as rapid a technological deployment, as a percentage of […]
AI, Amazon, Analytics, Apple, Artificial Intelligence, Automation, Big Data, Big Data Analytics, Booking.com, Digital, Digital Assistant, Digital Economy, Digital Platforms, featured, Gen X, Google, iTunes, Kayak, Microsoft, Music, Tripadvisor, Vacation, Yelp
Iceland: Economic and Business Lessons – Fire and Ice This summer, I had the pleasure of visiting Iceland with my family. It is an amazing country in so many ways. In addition to its unmatched natural beauty of mountains, glaciers, seashores, and active volcanoes, visiting offers some great lesson in economics and business. Iceland Has […]
66 North, Amazon, Branding, Commodities, Commodity, Digital Economy, Economic Sciences, economic trade, economics, Economy, Education, featured, Florida, Iceland, Icelandair, Icelandic, import, Lamb, Marketing, Mexico, NAFTA, North Face, Salmon, Spain, Tourism, Trade, Turkey, Unemployment, Whole Foods, World Economics
Analytics, Big Data, Big Data and Analytics, Career Advice, Digital Strategy, Innovation, Leadership
1. Analytics has Moved from Manual to Machine-Driven – Don’t Become a Robot! Most people in the field of analytics can remember writing their own analytical code. Today, our Data Scientists in the MSiA program at Northwestern, can produce analytical models from regression, decision trees, support vector machines (and more) – all with more or […]
Abalytics Professional, Airbnb, Algorithm, Amazon, Analytics, Artificial Intelligence, Automation, Big Data, Big Data Analytics, Big Data to Big Profits, Bots, Career Advice, Data Analytics, Data Capture, Data Monetization, Data Products, Data Science, Digital Economy, featured, Google, IoT, LinkedIn, Mobile, Northwestern Analytics, Northwestern University, Robots, Uber, Uberfication
Analytics, Big Data, Big Data and Analytics, Digital Strategy
The recent 2017 Berkshire Hathaway shareholder meeting offered some insights into how Warren Buffett thinks about stocks, especially those of large digital companies. I thought it important to explore these, given the rise of Digital Enterprises. When we think of Digital Enterprises, leaders like Google, Apple, Amazon, and even Microsoft come to mind. What do […]
Amazon, Analytics, Apple, Automation, Big Data, Big Data Analytics, Big Data to Big Profits, Data Analytics, Data Capture, Data Monetization, David and Goliath, Digital, Digital Economy, Digital Platforms, Digital Strategy, featured, Google, Microsoft, Warren Buffett
Big Data and Analytics, Global Insights, Leadership
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 […]
Analytics, Big Data, Big Data Analytics, Big Data to Big Profits, Data Analytics, Data Visualization, Digital Economy, Economic Sciences, GDP, Location Based Services, Median Income, Microsoft, Real Estate Prices, Risk Management, Unemployment, Value of a College Degree
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
