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Schrödinger’s Data…Why Your Business is Both Thriving And Dying at The Same Time
- November 16, 2017
- Posted by: Julian Gregory
- Category: Data Analytics Reporting, Data Analytics Simplified, Data Culture
No CommentsSchrödinger’s Data…Why Your Business is Both Thriving And Dying at The Same Time There’s a very famous quote from business guru Peter Drucker, that goes “If you can’t measure it, you can’t manage it”. And whilst I believe this to be true, I’m going to suggest that Pearson’s Law is a more accurate statement: “When performance
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How To Buy Data Consultancy Services With Confidence
- November 13, 2017
- Posted by: Julian Gregory
- Category: Data Analytics Simplified, Data Culture
How To Buy Data Consultancy Services With Confidence According to recent research data, the UK management consultancy market is currently worth around £7 billion a year and it doesn’t look like that’s about to take a nosedive any time soon. Businesses in the UK are used to buying the specialist services that consultancies provide and
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What Factors Directly Impact The Growth of Self-Employment? (A mini case study)
- November 10, 2017
- Posted by: Julian Gregory
- Category: Competitive research, Data Analytics Simplified, Data Culture
What Factors Directly Impact The Growth of Self-Employment? (A mini case study) We were recently commissioned to undertake an in-depth market analysis for an exciting new app development company. One of their products will be aimed at the self-employed, particularly those people who are operating in the gig economy. They had a lot of data
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Tips For Effective Data Analytics Reporting
- September 3, 2017
- Posted by: Julian Gregory
- Category: Data Analytics Reporting
The typical structure of most data analytics projects, is to decide on the questions that need answering, collate and analyse the appropriate data, and then report back the findings to the people that need that information. But often, it’s the presentation of this vital information that lets the project down. The trick to effective reporting,
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How To Create And Maintain A Positive Data Culture In Your Business
- August 3, 2017
- Posted by: Julian Gregory
- Category: Data Culture
“Progress is impossible without change, and those that can’t change their minds, can’t change anything” – George Bernard Shaw There are those that according to the internet (It must surely be true then!), will tell you that change is a difficult thing, and that as a species, we much prefer to maintain the status quo
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So You Got Some Statistics From Your Data…So What?
- July 10, 2017
- Posted by: Julian Gregory
- Category: Data Analytics Simplified
When you begin to extract some metrics and statistics from your analytics efforts, it’s easy to attach some arbitrary meaning to them before you have the full picture in front of you. Statistics would tell you that only one out of seven dwarves is happy, but why is that? Ok, so that’s a humorous example
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Big Data Analytics Simplified – What Your Business Needs To Know
- June 12, 2017
- Posted by: Julian Gregory
- Category: Data Analytics Simplified
“Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated” – Confucius With the seemingly endless increase in the amount of data businesses are now collecting, coupled with the constant evangelising about the strategies, or tech we should be using to deal with this data, it’s no wonder companies are experiencing a certain amount