by James Taylor | Aug 14, 2014 | Big Data, Decision Management
Check out this article – Business leaders need Rs not Vs: The 5 Rs of Big Data. I met Merritt,the author, at the TDWI Solution Summit on Advanced Analytics this spring. In the post, and in his subsequent work, he makes some great points. I really like his 5Rs...
by James Taylor | Aug 12, 2014 | Decision Management, Predictive Analytics
One of my students at UCI pointed me to this great Seth Godin post: Don’t measure anything unless the data helps you make a better decision or change your actions. If you’re not prepared to change your diet or your workouts, don’t get on the scale....
by James Taylor | Aug 12, 2014 | Decision Management, Predictive Analytics
One of the students on my UCI Class Business Goals for Predictive Analytics quoted his mentor in a discussion we were having about cross-referencing metrics or KPIs with the decisions that influence them. Only measure those things you are willing to change and be...
by James Taylor | Aug 5, 2014 | Decision Management
I am speaking on Industrializing Analytics for Better Decisions Everywhere at the Insurance Analytics Symposium in New Orleans, October 17. Insurers of all sizes know they must adopt analytics, especially predictive analytics, to maximize the value of their customers,...
by James Taylor | Aug 1, 2014 | Decision Management, Strategy
There was a fascinating piece in the Economist last week – Little things that mean a lot. This piece really resonated with me – even the title sounds a lot like my mantra of “Big Data, Little Decisions” (you can see a selection of the articles...
by James Taylor | Jul 30, 2014 | Decision Management, Strategy
Tracy Allison Altman over at Ugly Research has a great new white paper – Data is easy: Deciding is hard – in which she quotes me (thanks Tracy). It’s a great paper and makes what I think is the critical point – that you don’t need a data...
