Political Loyalty: What Politicians Can Learn from Retailers (Part 2)
A SIDEBAR ON NEGATIVE CAMPAIGNING
What about negative campaigning: does it work? Yes… and no. It does improve differential performance of your candidate. However, it...
Political Loyalty: What Politicians Can Learn from Retailers (Part 1)
The recent elections in France and Greece have been watched with great interest by both politicos and investors. These choices resonate loudly across the oceans....
Healthcare: You Can’t Improve What You Can’t Measure
As shown in Healthcare Reform That Can’t Be Stopped, the Toyota Production System has found a home in healthcare. The Wisconsin-based TPS pioneer, ThedaCare, has...
21st-Century Global Banking Finds New Success Factors
The globalization of banks is not a new business model for revenue maximization; however over years of geographic expansion, banks have understood that maintaining...
Shift from Being a Technology Supplier to an Experience Provider
We all know we’re being sold something every minute of every day. Those who use subliminal messaging to influence their target market may be...
Dealing with Imperfect Data? 5 Things to Consider
When customers are looking for ways of dealing with imperfect (substitute your own expletive here) data, there are five major factors that should be...
The Healthcare Reform that Can’t Be Stopped
There are few more personal, passionate, and political topics than healthcare. The reasons for this are clear: Healthcare spending has reached 17% of the...
Blame It on Ted
Imperfect data – A historic perspective
Our world of computing in 1969 was very different from today. In 1969, Dr. E.F. (Ted) Codd published his...
Living in the Cloud: Cool vs. Critical
The critical elements you need to fully understand before living in the cloud are the physical attributes of the cloud center: staffing, patrols, power,...
You Had Me at, “Would You Like a Grande Latte?”
My local Safeway isn’t what I would call a very modern store. And the employees are either high-school kids bagging groceries and collecting carts,...