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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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More on Disappearing Checkout Lines
From Kioskmarketplace: This reminds me of the considerable work we did in our retail lab well before the emergence of the smartphone. Kiosks were the rage, and...
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Ideaconnection Blog
Check out the IdeaConnection blog. They are writing about Amway and Open Innovation. " ... Since 2005, global consumer goods company Amway has launched 17 high...
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Kraft and Fly Garage in Latin America
In Adage: Kraft doing innovation via Fly Garage for Latin America, with some similar goals to other innovation centers that I have worked with. " ... Making the...
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DARPA Seeks Radical Data Analysis
I had long ago involvement with DARPA, and now am involved with a major proposal to them, they are building up their large scale data involvement. An example: ...
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Analytics Magazine: Crowdsourcing, Forecasting, Time series
The July-August Issue of Analytics Mag is out. Lots of useful coverage:Margit Zwemer from Kaggle.com, in this issue's cover story, introduces us to research as...
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Robot Takes Inventory
In IEEE Spectrum: A whimsical robot takes inventory in a bookstore. " ... has bigger plans for the future, where "in-store robots might handle tasks such as...
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Future of Physical Retailing: Magical Experience
GigaOM writes about showrooming, the increasing tendency of shoppers to experience a product at a store, and then buy it online or elsewhere by searching or scanning...
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Agile Business Intelligence
Just brought to my attention again, the local consultancy Analysis Express, which talks Agile Business Intelligence. See also their blog: Their CEO Subrata Debnath...
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Power of Low Self Confidence
Surprising statement on the face of it, from the HBR. Bottom line, it makes you more sensitive to feedback, and the ability to adjust your approaches to be more...
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Cost of Digital Information
A rarely examined cost. Some stats I have seen nowhere else. " ... From confidential customer information, to intellectual property, to financial transactions,...
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Neuromarketing PR
Mind Hacks takes a hack at Neuromarketing. I think there is something to be considered here. There is value in trying new methods to augment traditional ones...
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Checking Out With QThru
A Seattle startup that seeks to deliver smartphone enabled scanning and retail checkout. More detail at the Qthru site. We examined this approach a number of...
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PowerHouse Factories: Brand Culture Plus Data with Analytics
Reconnected this past week with PowerHouse Factories. Impressed by their linking branding with data and analytics. Build the brand, but immediately link in how...
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QR Codes on Book Covers
QR codes showing up on all book covers of some publishers. Like Simon and Schuster. Not unexpected as more consumers are getting used to seeing the codes in...
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Less Than Wisdom of Crowds
In the NYT: A number of recent examples have shown that the crowd, as exemplified by well known wisdom aggregations like Intrade, is not always correct. Sometimes...
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Consumers More Loyal to Store Search
In Progressive Grocer: Intriguing review of research which says that shoppers search by store for online coupons rather than by brand, and as a result see store...
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Operations Research Blogs from Informs
A list of blogs and other social networking connections sponsored by Informs. Includes communities and focused topics that deal with analytics
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Stack Ranking Stifles Creativity
In Forbes: Microsoft example. I am inclined to agree, an approach that strictly forces grading on a curve tends to make people less creative, take fewer risks...
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Security BYOD Tweet Chat
I have not been particularly fond of the public Tweet chat, an organized interaction between vendor experts and anyone who wants to join in. But lately I havehttp...
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