In which Jill recounts the origins of her lifelong need for retail therapy. I grew up the curious product of parents with very different backgrounds. My father, a third-generation Californian,…
In which Jill advocates collaboration–within and outside of business intelligence. My client Janet already had her laptop open when I asked her how many versions of her budget report were…
In which Jill turns to eastern philosophy before the next office smackdown. I always like predictions. Every January I write a blog post about predictions for the coming year. Analysts and…
In which Jill rips off a movie title to share a few observations. I’m not a sociologist. I’m not socio-anthropologist. I’m not a forensic psychologist. I’m not even an apologist.…
In which Jill takes an unpopular view of a popular view. (Yes. Again.) The theme of the upcoming TDWI World Conference in San Diego is “Creating an Agile BI Environment—Delivering…
In which Jill questions authority, and authority runs screaming. Baseball legend Satchel Paige once said that “None of us is as smart as all of us.” As a management consultant…
In which Jill reminds the business that it’s their business, too. In 2008 Business Week reported that Kimberly-Clark had run a charm school for its pared-down IT workforce. The consumer…
In which Jill puts her ear to the ground—and hears that giant sucking sound. We see high-functioning IT organizations that manage their pipelines according to weighted prioritization frameworks that account…
In which Jill explains a certain je ne sais quoi when it comes to BI I’ve been in and around Paris and consider myself pretty Paris-savvy. But Paris has changed.…
In which Jill debunks some BI myths and kills your buzz When I was a little kid I would travel by air to visit my grandparents. In those days, PSA…
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