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Tag Archives: Corporate Accountability

Sexing up Big Data’s Dodgy Dossier

20 Friday Mar 2015

Posted by Martyn Rhisiart Jones in Big Data, Consider this, good start, Good Strat, goodstart, Martyn Jones

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Big Data, Big Data Hype, Corporate Accountability, Critical Thinking, data-strategy, digital-marketing, IT Industry, Technology Ethics, Technology Trends, The Big Data Bullshit Detector

Most of us would probably like to work in a profession recognised for its legality, decency and honesty. At least I hope so. In my line of work, what we have right now is palpable evidence that the IT industry lacks a moral compass.

Imagine this. A major sensationalist tabloid pulls together a team of diverse journalists who are set to work on a national campaign to promote very high usage of sunbeds as a cure for cancer. Why? The newspaper owner’s son owns the sunbed franchise.

The health experts criticise the publisher for being irresponsible, unprofessional and lacking in scruples.

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Consider this: Big Data and the Pot of Tea

17 Tuesday Feb 2015

Posted by Martyn Rhisiart Jones in Big Data, Consider this, Good Strat, Good Strategy, Martyn Jones, Martyn Richard Jones, Strategy

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Big Data, Big Data Hype, Corporate Accountability, data analytics, Data Ethics, data management, Internet of Things (IoT), Predictive Analytics, Technology Criticism, The Big Data Emperor's New Clothes

To begin at the beginning

Hold this thought: Big Data is King.

Is there just nothing that Big Data isn’t capable of fixing? From terrorism, world hunger, Ebola, HIV, fraud, money laundering and hiring the ‘right’ people through to winning the lottery, curing hangovers, arranging entrapment and finding the love of your life. Big Data is King. Continue reading →

Addressing Professionalism Issues in Data Warehousing

14 Sunday Sep 2014

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business intelligence, Combating IT Professionalism Failures, Consulting Scams, Corporate Accountability, data governance, Data Warehousing, Enterprise Architecture, Industry Accreditation, IT Consulting, IT Malpractice, IT Strategy, Professional Ethics, Professional Standards

People are becoming increasingly uncomfortable with the quality and quantity of many self-styled data warehousing and business intelligence professionals, organisations, and individuals. The perceived and increasing degradation of professionalism and integrity in my own areas of specialisation also finds echo in other aspects of Information and Communication Technology practice, but for now, that is outside the scope of this piece.

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Transforming IT: Strategies for Business Success – REMASTER 2026

14 Sunday Sep 2014

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Business Value, Business-IT Alignment, CEO Leadership, Corporate Accountability, Digital Transformation, Enterprise Architecture, IT Failures, IT Governance, IT Project Management, IT Strategy, Organisational Dysfunction, Technology Management, The IT Landscape of Missed Opportunities

From banking to airlines, through communications businesses to pharmaceutical companies, the IT landscape is littered with failures of Homeric proportions, lost opportunities and profligate waste. Across the spectrum of commercial enterprise, the IT bottom line is inevitably familiar: in general, businesses expose themselves to unnecessary levels of disruption, and spend far too much time and money on IT projects, IT products and internal IT services that frankly suck.

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