A strategy plotted out in a good strategy map can be a lasting competitive advantage, but only if you can make sure that you're doing different things, or doing things differently, than the competition. … [Read more...]
Smart companies cash in on business intelligence
Who deserves the title of "Smartest Organization of the Netherlands"? The election of the Smartest Organization of the Netherlands, the Dutch Business Intelligence Award, is in full swing. Organizations from various industries are vying for the title, including an online bank, a mortgage agency, a sustainable plantation, a national bakery chain, an international trade business, a large government institution, an educational institute, a very progressive healthcare agency, a consultancy, and … [Read more...]
Organizing the organization
Organizing the organization itself? The organization itself has to be organized. It sounds cryptic, but we're referring to the activities and resources needed to support and improve the organization or company. We could call this the organization's overhead and management.We're talking about coordination by, for example, procedures and guidelines, Human Capital Management, process management, information management, ICT, finance - basically everything that isn't part of a company's core … [Read more...]
One algorithm can replace 100 reports
The old BI world and the new AI world Business Intelligence has been used to help organizations work more information-driven for years, and it's showing no signs of stopping. According to Daan van Beek, CEO of Passionned Group and author of the BI book "The Intelligent Organization," BI still serves as an umbrella term, and even covers the Artificial Intelligence and Big Data hype. We had a conversation about data-driven working and the careful balancing act between the 'old' BI world and the … [Read more...]
SAS begins with the end in mind
A Great American Business Leader SAS software has been operational since 1976, and they are very successful. Year-over-year, their revenue shows growth. Founder and CEO Dr. Jim Goodnight has been recognized as a Great American Business Leader by Harvard Business School, and he still writes SAS programs and develops statistical models. It’s my third time attending the SAS Analysts Relations conference. Every time I wonder at the way SAS people behave and interact with each other and their … [Read more...]
The 5 most important BI trends – Data Analytics in 2017
1. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is back on the agenda An old term from 1960 has been revived. It's developing very quickly, powered by all applications of major data masters such as Google, Uber, Amazon, LinkedIn, Instagram, and Facebook. The algorithms were there, but the large amounts of data were missing. Artificial Intelligence never managed to get rid of this. And forecasts were not always as reliable. Now, since more and more pictures, videos, blogs, posts, and sensor data gets available, … [Read more...]
Does every BI consultant become a Data Scientist?
A Report Builders Club Traditionally, Business Intelligence (BI) has an image of a "report builders club," as a client of mine has recently expressed. This traditional image creates the profile of a typical BI consultant. It is true that a handy and competent report builder is especially great on knowledge of tools, methods and techniques, and is sometimes involved in gathering the business requirements of his customers. … [Read more...]
The 7 Business Intelligence Trends for 2016
More and more organizations see the benefits of Business Intelligence and Analytics. Thanks to continuous innovation, more and more data is becoming available. This leads to useful and surprising insights into both the private and public sectors, which use the acquired information in increasingly smarter ways. In practice, Passionned Group forecasts the following seven Business Intelligence trends for 2016. … [Read more...]
Part 3: Interview BI Expert, Daan van Beek
Marketing Business Intelligence Marketing Business Intelligence can be useful. However, some organizations might not be looking for BI, even though they need it. They just don't know that they need it.Passionned Group mainly makes use of a ‘pull-model’, with Daan van Beek's book ‘The intelligent organization’ and Passionned Group's ‘Dutch BI Award’. As a result, clients come to Passionned Group, rather than the other way around. … [Read more...]
Part 2: Interview BI Expert, Daan van Beek
Business Intelligence Daan van Beek defines BI as ‘using data to improve and innovate.’Other finalists of the BI awards are Tempo Team and Rituals. They're considered intelligent organizations because they organized their core processes in a data-driven way. Some chains need three to four months to determine where they need to open a new store; Rituals determines this in less time, which has an enormous impact on their agility and efficiency. … [Read more...]
