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The lighter side of information analysis

The parallels of analysis in sport and businesses and why we should not believe everything we are told.

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A KPI too far

As increasing amounts of information becomes available, companies are adding more and more measures to their portfolio. But can you have 1 KPI to many? Here are 3 principles to keep in mind when reviewing the KPIs and measures in use.

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BI and Financial Risk Management

With the current problems in the financial services markets, many of which driven by a lack of the detailed and quantified understanding of their financial risks, how many companies are looking at their own metrics and asking if they are good enough?

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“You can’t manage what you can’t measure”

A lot of executive management is done “to make the numbers”; which is fine so long as the numbers you’re trying to make are still relevant. With the rapidly chaning nature of todays business, do the numbers still make sense

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