MajorBI

June 6, 2014

You didn’t think it was possible, did you. Neither did I. Apparently inspiration comes from wherever it wants to…

May 20, 2014

If your corporate goals are to increase your customer retention rate and improve customer service, how do you measure that? One way is by creating business-level metrics.

April 16, 2014

Although the majority of data-driven enterprises may have or use BI software or systems, a recent survey we took of IT executives revealed that there is a vast difference between having BI and using BI to the company’s full advantage.

June 19, 2013

One of the most interesting changes in business over the past few years is the rise of collaboration tools within the enterprise. Yes, we’ve had email and IM for decades, but they’ve always been these outside applications that weren’t directly connected to the software tools we’re using everyday...

May 21, 2013

A little over a week ago I traveled to Australia to speak at the Retail World 2013 Conference in Melbourne. The title of my talk was Retail at Hyperspeed and it was a look into how the “Internet of Everything” is permanently altering how retailers and consumers interact.

May 16, 2013

Not too long ago I began building a wooden walk that led from the front of my house to our raised patio around back. The run itself was a straight line a little over 30 feet, so all I had to do was square the first wood plank with the concrete path up front and lay each subsequent board parallel to the one before it. The boards actually went down pretty quick and within a couple of hours I had a beautiful wood path… that was misaligned with the patio stairs by a good two feet.