Everyone Should Have OKRs! Q&A with a Googler

Jan 21, 2015 by Ben Lamorte in Enterprise Goal Management

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Google introduced me to Niket Desai by fate. I googled the term “OKRs template” and Niket’s OKRs template popped up #1. I’m pleased to share this Q&A with Niket on his amazing journey with OKRs as a successful entrepreneur, Googler, and an investor. Niket believes everyone should have some...

Are you Measuring the Right Things, or is Amelia Bedelia Defining Your KPIs?

Jan 21, 2015 by Ben Lamorte in Enterprise Goal Management

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One extremely competent CFO was looking for help with performance management. His team defined 5 elements of success:1. Identify KPIs and prototype cascading dashboards.2. Define metrics we should track for 5 business units, 40 departments.3. Create a metrics-driven culture.4. Be sure to include...

Building a Data Governance Organization

Dec 15, 2014 by Dan Power in Information Governance

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I’m often asked how many data stewards a company needs.  Depending on the degree of complexity in the company, the degree of automation, what data quality tools are available, and the major processes around the enterprise, that number is going to vary.  This article provides some thoughts to keep...

Business Intel SWAT Team to the Rescue - Crisis Management

Oct 01, 2014 by Wayne Eckerson in Data Strategy Insider

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Learn the benefits of creating Business Intelligence SWAT team. Modeled after police SWAT units, a BI SWAT saves a BI program that suffers inefficiencies.

Utopian Vistas

Aug 26, 2014 by Barry Devlin in Information Architecture

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This article is taken from the closing section of the book “Business unIntelligence: Insight and Innovation Beyond Analytics and Big Data”, by Barry Devlin, Technics Publications, 2013. It is a heartfelt plea for sanity and symbiosis between business and IT in the emerging world of instant...