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How the “Frontier” Became the Slogan of Uncontrolled AI
Artificial intelligence (AI) has been billed as the next frontier of humanity: the newly available expanse whose exploration …
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Planograms for Profits
Planograms are diagrams of where goods are placed in a physical retail store. We did much work on how to implement them consistently and to comply with manufacturer...
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How Enterprises Use AI
In CWorld: Good overview of the expansion of the use of cognitive, AI and links to Machine learning. Based on learnings at the recent AAAI meeting. My experience...
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Service Innovation in a Digital World
In McKinsey Quarterly: New Business models for services. Discussion of key technologies that are modifying service delivery." ... New digital upstarts are threatening...
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Google for the Enterprise
We participated in several Google tests at work, starting with internal search and knowledge organization methods. Now they are taking another run at the enterprise...
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Bluetooth Weaving a Mesh
In CWorld: A natural next step is outlined. " ... Bluetooth starts weaving its mesh for IoT ... Low-power Bluetooth devices should get a standard way to organize...
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Good Bad and the Ugly about Big Data
What is next? Wondering what to expect? Check out this presentation from Juan Miguel Lavista, Principal Data Scientist. Bing. 'The Good, the Bad and the Ugly about...
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Sample Naive Bayes Text Classification in Python
Via O'Reilly: Nice Python example of using Naive Bayes for text classification. With actual code, and links to talk and slides." ... Full repo here: https://github...
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Gamification for Testing and Learning Analytic Tools
In the HBR: Gamification Can Help People Actually Use Analytics Tools ... We did this to test a supply chain design alternatives ... since any game includes a...
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Pringles as Global Kelloggs Snack Equity
Was a participant in the design of Pringles supply chain. I saw first hand how widely it was sold in Japan. In clothing stores? It is interesting to see how...
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Status and New Product Adoption
In Knowledge@Wharton: " ... Certain consumers are keen about adopting new products and are prone to mimicking the product choices of others. But when it comes to...
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Hospitality Innovation at Starwood
We worked with groups in the hospitality industry to brainstorm the future of business mobility. So the industry has always fascinated me. Now in McKinsey: ...
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A Look at Correlation
A useful, only mildly technical tutorial by Vincent Granville. How can you determine if a correlation is spurious? Understanding this point is one of the most...
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Storytelling, Context and Persuasion
All data tells a story, in a context, and suggests a future." ... In a world increasingly saturated with data and information, visualizations are a potent wayCombining...
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The Yo Store
Why? , its a one stop shopping place for sensing online events. In Fastcompany. " ... Eight months after bewildering the tech world, Yo is getting a substantial...
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P&G's Strategic CIO
In CIO Mag:by Phil Weinzimer: P&G's Filippo Passerini Stands Out as Stellar Example of a Strategic CIO ... I didn't know what to expect when Procter & Gamble...
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Graph Databases and Modeling the Internet of Things
Have had a number of conversations on the use of graphical databases lately. It is a good technology to understand. It works well with anything that is interconnected...
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Building a Mobile Supply Chain
By their nature, supply chains are mobile and real time:" .... Embracing mobility promises to increase visibility and responsiveness in the supply chain when properly...
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Searching on Amazon vs Google
Thought about this the other day. Where do I search? Google, Amazon, Wikipedia. My own blog posts. I typically categorize my search need quickly to make...
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Technology Disruption in Health Care
Video interview: Dr. Robert Wachter, chief of hospital medicine at UCSF Medical Center and a noted expert on quality and safety, says information technology is...
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