Thought Leadership

Home to over 27 million people and comprising five sovereign countries including Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden, I find the Nordics to be one of the most interesting and innovative regions in the world. Its unique geography is diverse with Lapland’s conifer forests, Norway’s fjords, and Iceland’s volcanic landscape contrasting sharply with cosmopolitan … [Read more...] about An Insider’s View of Data-Driven Business Transformation in the Nordics

This is not one of those “crystal ball” new year prediction blogs. In the wake of a most unpredictable year full of black swan events, now is the time for data scientists and business analysts to humbly take the hard-learned lessons of 2020 and move forward.  So, rather than chase buzzword mysticism of sage prognostication, let us default back to a tried-and-true model for … [Read more...] about Anti-Predictions: 8 Future-proof Analytics Trends for 2021 and Beyond

Spotfire takes a unique approach to business intelligence (BI) in three ways. It’s designed to be immersive, smart, and real time. I’ll explain each, beginning with immersive BI. Immersive  Modern BI tools have two common interaction modes: immersive exploration and dashboards. A dashboard is a visualization designed for a well-understood business purpose. For example, a … [Read more...] about 3 ways Spotfire is unique compared to other BI tools