The White Noise Problem
For most businesses the abundance of data adds up to a cloud of white noise, (a.k.a. Information Overload). As a business professional, we sense that there’s answers in the data, but accessing it, teasing it out, requires resources, frequently scarce resources.
Figuring out what's most valuable, critical, or actionable using manual techniques take time to process. New spreadsheets are built (often from scratch), models tested, and finally results provided. And, then reality hits. All too frequently, by the time you get the answer either (A) you forgot why the question was so important in the first place, or (B) something else is more urgent has landed on the desk. The spreadsheet approach simply does not work. They offer a one-off perspective, a static snapshot that required time and labor to construct. Most disconcerting an IBM audit, back in 2009, uncovered that 85% of spreadsheets have significant errors in them that skewed the results. Just because you see it on your computer does not mean its accurate!
The Growth of Data
Data problems are not going to go away. The multiple sources, volumes, and dimensions will only continue to grow. Some data source companies offer analytics solutions that are narrowly focused one type of data source. But this singular approach falls short, leaving an organization in the dark, unable of putting the entire picture together, to address the challenge facing businesses today.
Medicine for your Congestion!
Our approach to resolving such congestion is methodical. We promote a comprehensive strategy, an approach to data with the tools and experience to corral it, automate the processing, management, and tracking of key insights.
If your business, organization, or team wrestles with data when it comes to generating actionable or valued insight, then it’s time to seek out the skills to help you implement a game-changing strategic plan. We work with you to make sense of all the data flowing thru and around your organization. We bring the skills and experience to manage data, you bring your business knowledge and experience, and we work together to devise business analytics solutions that deliver your vision of how your business should operate.