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‘Skill Gap’ Completely Misses the Point
Perspective CNN posted an article this fall reporting that “America has 5.8 million job openings*”. It proceeded to explain that ‘experts’ see this as not just an indication of economic resurgence, but warned of a ‘skill gap’. I am not clear on why such a view would be the conclusion here. I see something different […]
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Resisting Cloud Adoption May Be an Evolutionary Disadvantage
Perspective It is all always interesting to watch as a new idea progress into a disruptive and then destructive one. Today we are witnessing several trends which seem to be ushering in nothing short of Copernican changes across many industries. IoT, robo-advice, block chain, bitcoin, robotics, personalized medicine, self-driving cars, Smart Grids and Smart Cities. […]
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Information Maturity Is Undermining the Ancien Regime!
Perspective As Marc Andreesen said, Software is eating the world, and in the process generating such quantum changes in information volume, variety and availability in its wake, that its universality is imminent. This has the potential to shatter ancient core beliefs that underlie everything we know. Really? Come on! Yes. Information is very important. It […]
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Operational Strategy Removes Roadblocks to Innovation
Perspective Leaders face difficult decisions about how they focus their resources. Operating budgets are designed to commit resources to stakeholder priorities from earlier in the year. Organizations are built to fulfill those commitments with the totality of their allocated resources, which restricts its flexibility to address situations that may arise mid-cycle. Maintaining the flexibility to […]
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Data Lakes Mitigate Risks To Deriving Insights From Regulated Data
Perspective Organizations generate reams of data in the course of planning, executing, and operationalizing business strategies. Innovating through information depends upon an organization’s ability to make datasets from multiple information systems available to data analysts for use in their respective analytic environments. But innovating with regulated or “controlled” data (e.g., PII, PHI, and PFI) presents […]
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Key Behavioral Attributes of a Good Consultant
Insight Having excellent subject matters expertise (SMEs) does not naturally predispose one to be an excellent consultant, nor vice versa. These are some thoughts on the key attributes of a good consultant Affinity: You have achieved and demonstrate a ‘natural’ liking for the client, a relationship that is not forced. You can sympathize with the client, you […]