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Stop advertsing. Nobody pays attention to it anymore

Data are the new oil and businesses really get it. On the other hand I'm surprised to see that the first thing that comes to their mind in terms of business cases is advertising. I agree that the more you know the customer the easier it is to push...

The end of the web as the way to access information ?

Internet is a wonderful tool for information sharing and collaboration and the web is most easy and efficient way to access it. As a matter of fact, many people equally use both words but they don't refer to the same thing. One is the network , the infrastructure, the...

Big Data for recruitment : the end or the beginning of clones

Big Data and analytics will stretch all over enterprises in the upcoming years and one of their primary target will be recruitment. Facing this unavoidable change, I see people having two kinds of reactions. The first, very popular among novelty lovers and change advocates is to praise the positive...

IT departments in the digital age : from collaboration to robots, with Frederic Charles

Collaboration, role of the CIO, data, connected objects : what are the big trends of digital transformation ? Frederic Charles, in charge of IT Strategy and governance at Lyonnaise des eaux is an historical pillar of IT Innovation in france, often noticed for his vision and disruptive approach. He...

Use data to manage through emotions

There are many discussions on the impact of Big Data on decision making, what seems kind of misleading to me. Big Data will never help you to make better decisions, analytics - that are its outcome - yes. We're talking too much of the engine, which is not  that...

[Quote] In God We Trust, All Others Bring Data (Deming)

That's a quote many people like to mention but that's widely overlooked when it comes to actual work. It says that expect in one famous irrational cased based on personal beliefs, no one should trust anything that's not backed data. If you were thinking that tools, methodologies, indicators, dashboards and...

Robots are the future but not your job’s

Digital revolution will deeply transform our lives in the upcoming years. The way we live and work. The changes it makes possible and implies are expected by some, feared by others but what is sure is that it's where we're headed and that we have to find our new...

Big Data at Work

In his new book, Thomas Davenport explains why and how to design and deploy an enterprise big data strategy. If data are the new oil and Big Data one of the major challenges for the coming years, moving from concepts to actions is still a problem for many businesses that...

Intelligent agents to improve the employee experience

Employee experience goes far beyond the way people interact with their work tools. But, given the time spent behind a screen every day, it's obvious that this side is a major concern. I already said how disappointed  I was by how employees were treated compared to employers in terms digital...

People are complicated ? So let’s try with robots and data

Whoever has already been involved in a social business project will confirm that. The power of social business is people and the ability to leverage an unprecedented number of talents, ideas, skills and information they own. And its main issue is....people. I previously wrote that collaboration was a fragile and...