The week started out with a steep sell-off with the Dow losing 179-points on Monday. There was a snap-back rally on Tuesday and into Wednesday, but by the end of the week the results were mixed. Bonds had another positive week and continue to lead the way in 2014. Here are the weekly, monthly, andRead… Read more »
Data science has many analytical methods which can make the field sound very mysterious. Methods such as K-Means Clustering, Naïve Bayes Classifier, and Random Forests. The math behind the methods can be complex but for many methods, the concepts are easy to understand. Especially when you know what question the method is being used toRead… Read more »
In the last 90 days I’ve seen more than ten promising organizations shut their doors. They just didn’t see a way to continue. A couple blamed a lack of monetization strategy. They couldn’t find a get rich quick scheme. Several others said they had key contracts winding down. I suspect the other two bored themselvesRead… Read more »
Meeting agendas would appear on their surface to be fairly mundane, simple documents used out of habit and obligation. The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines an agenda as “a list of things to be considered or done.” So what is it about a good agenda that can actually make your meetings better? Here are four tips forRead… Read more »
One of the great untapped potentials within many organizations is how to identify and leverage strengths. Unfortunately, many individuals and organizations only focus on weaknesses. As business leaders, we are focused on bottom line growth: how to achieve it, how to manage it and how to maintain it. As leaders, we recognize that people areRead… Read more »
Gadi Ben-Yehuda Opening Data, Sharing Stories: I read a lot this week about new sources of data being opened, and how people ar sharing their stories (but not necessarily their data) online. Alex Howard writes about an important development: The IRS will now allow people to download their own tax transcripts. Susannah Fox, of theRead… Read more »
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Check out this article for some thoughts: Five Steps to Spark Company Innovation http://blog.globalbx.com/2014/01/14/five-steps-to-spark-company-innovation/ via @prismatic One idea I have seen work in Federal agencies is to: Invest in Team Building and Employee Recognition. It is amazing how creative people can get if they use tools to help stimulate creativity and innovation and how jazzedRead… Read more »
Linkydink is a lovely little service that does one thing very well. It allows people to add links to a group and for a daily list of the links collected to be emailed out to subscribers. It is run by Makeshift, a fantastic company in London that seems to churn out excellent little tools suchRead… Read more »
The Andrew Cuomo campaign account is now up to an astonishing $33.3 million dollars. Cuomo has amassed the largest war chest among all Governor’s in the nation. After Cuomo Governor Brown in California is a distant second with $10 million in his campaign account. Cuomo likes to portray himself as the man of the peopleRead… Read more »