It is plain to see that technology is fundamentally changing the way we live. During a recent family trip to a lodge, I was amused to learn that my children did not know what a rotary phone was. But why should they? They were born digital and have grown up in a rapidly changing world of PDAs, flat-screen TVs, ITunes, YouTube, Facebook, Netflix, and texting. These are all transformative innovations, and one can only imagine what will be next. We are in the midst of a technological renaissance, a revolution...
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Lessons from Peter Drucker. Jeanne Harris had the privilege of working with Peter Drucker early in her career. Here are some of the data-related lessons she learned from him:
Look for patterns. Analytics help reveal patterns, which in turn reveal what is happening below the surface of the organization.
Don’t settle for just a single insight. Businesses are complicated animals so it is rare for a single insight to explain everything about an organization. Look for several insights...
Google’s 1-gigabit service made a big statement, but what’s still far from clear is who actually uses it–and for what
Google Fiber’s affordable 1 gigabit-per-second Internet service in Kansas City has been held out as an instrument of national shaming (see “When Will the Rest of us Get Google Fiber?”). But a few niggling questions remain. Who is really needs or uses the 1-gig service? What can you actually get from it?I was reminded of these questions last week, when Netflix...