James HarperSep 26, 20213 minSimplifying data across martech toolsMarketers are being pushed to deliver more campaigns, more leads, and more conversions in an attempt to maintain revenues in difficult...
James HarperAug 24, 20214 minThe who, what and why of BIEveryone wants to be data driven, and lots of businesses think that they are data driven, but are we really data driven? How do you know...
James HarperOct 29, 20203 minAre your dashboard loading speeds driving you crazy?One of the most common issues with Tableau and Power BI deployments are performance issues with their dashboards and reports. It is not...
James HarperOct 11, 20201 minBecome the Analyst of the Future“With ThoughtSpot, people can ask questions in real time to get the answers they want, evolve their ideas, and speed the whole decision...
James HarperSep 15, 20204 minHow is ThoughtSpot any different to the other BI Tools?I talk to a lot of people about analytics and insights, and most people I speak to already have a BI tool that they use, typically Power...
James HarperAug 5, 20203 minRight Tool For The JobThe Business Intelligence (BI) market has a long history, dating back to the mainframe days, where business users received their static...
James HarperJun 25, 20202 minData is the special sauce during crisis managementSo 2020 has been a bit a tackle that came out of nowhere and bowled you over. The impact on business has been huge (I really didn’t want...
James HarperMay 27, 20204 minCASE STUDY: ActivateUTS - O’Day 2020Outcomes 240% increase in membership sign-ups compared to O’Day 2019 6,242 Membership transactions on O’Day 2020 - achieving 156% of the...
James HarperMay 22, 20203 minHow does the offer of a free burger change the cost-cutting approach of a CFO?Knowing exactly where we are along the COVID-19 journey is hard to nail down, but the fourth multi-territory PwC COVID Pulse survey has...
James HarperMay 13, 20202 minHow COVID has made us all data expertsThe COVID pandemic has changed our world in ways that most of us would never have believed was possible. Something that has surprised me,...
James HarperApr 28, 20202 minFrom gin to hand sanitiser, the magic of the pivot.Management is a lonely and demanding job at the best of times. Add working in isolation through the biggest health and economic crisis in...
James HarperApr 22, 20203 minAre you a data catalyst?Over the past few years, there have been huge sums invested in data and analytics projects by organisations, the investment has only been...
James HarperFeb 1, 20203 minBenefits of being small In consultancy circles there are the big boys - think the top tier Deloitte, KPMG, PwC and EY as well as the mid tier, and then quite a...
James HarperDec 19, 20193 minLooking back on the top 2019 tech predictionsIt's the time of the year, when we see a flood of Nostradamus like predictions start to hit our screens, as the new year looms up on the...
James HarperDec 2, 20197 minBack to School For Execs - Part 3Data Source and Quality. The first step in evaluating an analysis or report should be to understand where the underlying data has come...
James HarperOct 2, 20193 minCASE STUDY - S4BS4B are an established Engineering Services Consultancy, with offices in Sydney and Canberra. They have delivered some of Australia’s...
James HarperSep 24, 20196 minBack to school for execs, data school that is - Part 1 Since the Cambridge Analytica scandal in March 2018, the power of data has become more widely understood, yet the understanding of data...
James HarperSep 17, 20184 minOutcomes not hoursI worked on a project a number of years back, that was huge, worth millions of dollars, spanned a number of years and was supposed to...
James HarperJun 17, 20183 minIt ain’t knowledge, if it ain’t relevantI have an 11 year old son, he is a bright little person. He reads a lot and he reads a real variety of things about science, history, and...