It can be difficult to admit but your competitors are better at some business activities than you are, but you shouldn’t view it as a bad thing; you can learn a lot from your competition. Healthy competition can inspire you to be greater and if you take some time to observe what makes your competitors […]
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Transitioning to a genuine data-driven culture may be one of the key success factors for today’s businesses. Yet, for many organizations, it still poses a challenge to establish and maintain. After all, it’s not just a matter of acquiring robust BI software, hiring the right talent, defining clear strategies, or even setting up trainings. It’s
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rawpixel / Pixabay As you work on your startup and, later, grow your business, it’s important to consider your assets and how they can help you reach success. If you’re trying to figure out which assets you need to achieve success with your fledgling venture, there are three to keep in mind: 1. People Much
Executive Management, Operations, and Sales are the three primary roles driving Business Intelligence (BI) adoption in 2018. Dashboards, reporting, end-user self-service, advanced visualization, and data warehousing are the top five most important technologies and initiatives strategic to BI in 2018. Small organizations with up to 100 employees have the highest rate of BI penetration or
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Capturing business intelligence (BI) can be overwhelming for businesses that haven’t yet invested in a BI solution. In many companies, it’s difficult to get financial reporting by business unit, product line or department. Data is often stored in legacy systems and disconnected Excel spreadsheets, which are consistently out-of-date and require manual manipulation. Managers may have
Business Intelligence (BI) solutions have steadily taken the business world by storm. Originating nearly two decades ago, BI has since morphed and evolved numerous times to meet ever-increasing demands for more in-depth analysis, increased speed and easier-to-digest outputs. With each new evolution, new use cases were born, and the resulting business value increased. Today, many
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Do you want to know the number one secret to good time management skills? It’s focusing your time on income producing activities. The problem is most people don’t know what those are! How many times have you scratched your head wondering why you’re working so much and making so little? You feel like you’re doing
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A good business dashboard can make a huge difference to your small businesses’ success. It’s one of the best ways to keep track of your entire business and everything it entails: from sales to social media marketing, and from business finance and accounting to keeping track of your team’s work. In this blog post, I’m
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One of my students in my group coaching program recently asked about how to do long-term business planning. In her experience, every time she tries to make a detailed plan for her business she is never able to follow through with it. While I’m not a huge fan of very detailed long-term business planning, I
In the gig economy your reputation precedes you. As automation begins to make some jobs more scarce others will crop up to serve the gig economy. Your ability to stand out and differentiate yourself from others may come down to one thing… Your reputation. Reputation is a Currency The fact is… Reputation has always been
