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A practical guide to leveraging your data to spur innovation and growth

Your business generates reams of data, but what do you do with it? Reporting is only the beginning. Your data holds the key to innovation and growth you just need the proper analytics. In Big Data, Big Innovation: Enabling Competitive Differentiation Through Business Analytics, author Evan Stubbs explores the potential gold hiding in your un-mined data. As Chief Analytics Officer for SAS Australia/New Zealand, Stubbs brings an industry insider''s perspective to guide you through pattern recognition, analysis, and implementation.

Big Data, Big Innovation: Enabling Competitive Differentiation Through Business Analytics details a groundbreaking approach to ensuring your company''s upward trajectory. Use this guide to leverage your customer information, financial reports, performance metrics, and more to build a rock-solid foundation for future growth.

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    Table of Contents

    Preface xi

    Acknowledgments xvii

    Part One May You Live in Interesting Times 1

    Chapter 1 Lead or Get Out of the Way 3

    The Future is Now 3

    The Secret is Leadership 5

    Notes 7

    Chapter 2 Disruption as a Way of Life 9

    The Age of Uncertainty 10

    The Emergence of Big Data 15

    Rise of the Rōnin 21

    The Knowledge Rush 26

    Systematized Chaos 31

    Notes 36

    Part Two Understanding Culture and Capability 41

    Chapter 3 The Cultural Imperative 47

    Intuitive Action 48

    Truth Seeking 55

    Value Creation 62

    Functional Innovation 69

    Revolutionary Disruption 75

    Notes 78

    Chapter 4 The Intelligent Enterprise 79

    Level 1: Unstructured Chaos 80

    Level 2: Structured Chaos 84

    Levels 3–5: The Intelligent Enterprise 89

    Notes 93

    Part Three Making It Real 95

    Chapter 5 Organizational Design 101

    What Should It Look Like? 102

    What Should It Focus On? 107

    What Services Can It Offer? 111

    What Data Does It Need? 116

    Note 124

    Chapter 6 Operating Models 125

    What’s the Goal? 127

    What’s the Enabler? 135

    How Does It Create Value? 140

    Notes 148

    Chapter 7 Human Capital 149

    What Capabilities Do I Need? 150

    How Do I Get the Right People? 157

    How Do I Keep Them? 162

    Notes 164

    Part Four Making It Happen 167

    Chapter 8 Innovating with Dynamic Value 169

    The Innovation Cycle 170

    The Innovation Paradox 172

    The Secret to Success: Dynamic Value 176

    The Innovation Engine 181

    Reinventing the Rōnin 185

    Notes 189

    Chapter 9 Creating a Plan 191

    Starting the Conversation 191

    Defining the Vision 193

    Identifying Opportunities 196

    Mapping Responsibilities 198

    Taking It to the Next Level 201

    Note 201

    Conclusion: The Final Chapter is Up to You 203

    Glossary 205

    About the Author 219

    Index 221

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      Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
      Publication Date: 19/08/2014
      ISBN13: 9781118724644, 978-1118724644
      ISBN10: 111872464X

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A practical guide to leveraging your data to spur innovation and growth

      Your business generates reams of data, but what do you do with it? Reporting is only the beginning. Your data holds the key to innovation and growth you just need the proper analytics. In Big Data, Big Innovation: Enabling Competitive Differentiation Through Business Analytics, author Evan Stubbs explores the potential gold hiding in your un-mined data. As Chief Analytics Officer for SAS Australia/New Zealand, Stubbs brings an industry insider''s perspective to guide you through pattern recognition, analysis, and implementation.

      Big Data, Big Innovation: Enabling Competitive Differentiation Through Business Analytics details a groundbreaking approach to ensuring your company''s upward trajectory. Use this guide to leverage your customer information, financial reports, performance metrics, and more to build a rock-solid foundation for future growth.

      • Build an effective an

        Table of Contents

        Preface xi

        Acknowledgments xvii

        Part One May You Live in Interesting Times 1

        Chapter 1 Lead or Get Out of the Way 3

        The Future is Now 3

        The Secret is Leadership 5

        Notes 7

        Chapter 2 Disruption as a Way of Life 9

        The Age of Uncertainty 10

        The Emergence of Big Data 15

        Rise of the Rōnin 21

        The Knowledge Rush 26

        Systematized Chaos 31

        Notes 36

        Part Two Understanding Culture and Capability 41

        Chapter 3 The Cultural Imperative 47

        Intuitive Action 48

        Truth Seeking 55

        Value Creation 62

        Functional Innovation 69

        Revolutionary Disruption 75

        Notes 78

        Chapter 4 The Intelligent Enterprise 79

        Level 1: Unstructured Chaos 80

        Level 2: Structured Chaos 84

        Levels 3–5: The Intelligent Enterprise 89

        Notes 93

        Part Three Making It Real 95

        Chapter 5 Organizational Design 101

        What Should It Look Like? 102

        What Should It Focus On? 107

        What Services Can It Offer? 111

        What Data Does It Need? 116

        Note 124

        Chapter 6 Operating Models 125

        What’s the Goal? 127

        What’s the Enabler? 135

        How Does It Create Value? 140

        Notes 148

        Chapter 7 Human Capital 149

        What Capabilities Do I Need? 150

        How Do I Get the Right People? 157

        How Do I Keep Them? 162

        Notes 164

        Part Four Making It Happen 167

        Chapter 8 Innovating with Dynamic Value 169

        The Innovation Cycle 170

        The Innovation Paradox 172

        The Secret to Success: Dynamic Value 176

        The Innovation Engine 181

        Reinventing the Rōnin 185

        Notes 189

        Chapter 9 Creating a Plan 191

        Starting the Conversation 191

        Defining the Vision 193

        Identifying Opportunities 196

        Mapping Responsibilities 198

        Taking It to the Next Level 201

        Note 201

        Conclusion: The Final Chapter is Up to You 203

        Glossary 205

        About the Author 219

        Index 221

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