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“I’m going to watch a movie now,” I said to my digital home assistant. It chirped pleasantly, and the room began to change. The lights dimmed, the blinds closed, and my surround sound kicked on. I still had to make the popcorn, but that’s about it. Just moments before I had a chance to regret watching ‘Veronica’ alone, I thought to myself “gee, thanks, internet.” But what was I really thanking? To be specific, I was rejoicing the miracle of “The Internet of Things” – the netw

It was not long ago when computer systems used to suppress the use of ‘century’ in date fields to save space in the (very) expensive database storage. The same happened when displaying the dates in the fixed size for terminal screens (80 columns × 24 rows), or when printing amounts with zero quantities or zero dollars. It was extremely important and economically savvy to code and design systems for better use of the hard disk space, screens real-estate and printer toner. Mill

So, your employer, ABC Healthcare Provider Company, has rolled out new initiatives for 2018 and those include big investments in big data and implementation of latest and greatest tools for business intelligence! How’s that going to affect you and your job? Is this a threat or an opportunity for you? How can you help your company avoid pitfalls? How can you seize the opportunities presented by investments in big data analytics and business intelligence tools implementation fo

Business intelligence and universities may not seem like a right combination to explore – after all universities are not businesses, right? However, the higher education market has become fiercely competitive. Many non-Ivy universities and colleges are marketing themselves to prospective students. To succeed, educational institutions– be they colleges, universities or technical training schools – need to successfully vie for student dollars. Another area of competition in hig

By Guest Blogger, Dr. Lee Meadows Somewhere within the mix of the static and fluid side of the organizational fence is the on-going debate as to the role that ‘emotions’ play in the relational balance of things. While there has been an evolving awareness as toward Emotional Intelligence as an, essential, skill set for modern day leaders, managers and anyone else who has access to a YouTube channel and too much time on their hands. The compelling arguments for Emotional Intell

Dr. Lee Meadows, Guest Contributor “I’ve never seen anything like this before,” is the quote most likely to be heard in cubicles, stairwells and lobby vending machines across a spectrum of organizations and a diversity of voices. At a time when a financial baseball bat is being used to loft long, arching drives that descend just south of both foul lines, many are left wondering why bother getting off the bench when the outcome of the at-bat is already known. Many would argue