Comedy, Education and Business Intelligence

Here’s a window into my inbox. This morning I received the following 3 links from friends:

1. Walton Faces Ferrell. I’m a huge fan of the Bill Walton voice and his enthusiastic, hyperbole-laden commentary style. I actually met him at an airport once and dropped a little BW on him directly. He loved it. He told me he’s the luckiest guy in the world and sent me an autographed ball. What a guy! Too bad Will Ferrell crushes him in this video. “LOOK AT THE TOUCH!”
2. Bill Gates asks about science and technology. He seems to only have a few connections, but has done fairly well regardless. Building on the theme of the popular Two Million Minutes documentary, the LinkedIn question from Mr. Gates leads to some great dialog on the important topic of science and technology education in America.
3. Valuing Business Intelligence. Introducing the new acronym BDA - Business Decision Analytics. A good CIO.com article that focuses on the outcomes of actionable information not the infrastructure. I like this conclusion:

“To be actionable, BDA must (1) quickly pinpoint a problem needing correction, (2) indicate mandatory actions to take, and (3) indicate who needs to be engaged. All three conditions are mutually inclusive and must be an integral part of the “perfect” decision making future.”

So there you have it - a little comedy, education and BI with your morning coffee.

posted by Darren Cunningham at 9:12 am

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