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The metrics that matter for higher performance in higher ed
  —Aug. 15, 2008

How to plan for change in a 'white water world'
  —Aug. 15, 2008

Industry-specific measures, marts, and models with help from IBM
  —Aug. 15, 2008

Ant farms, analytics, and the predictive organization
  —July 9, 2008

Quality or compromise? Using analytics to tailor customer service
  —July 9, 2008

Can customer analytics drive innovation?
  —July 9, 2008

A new mandate to perform for public sector employees
  —May 23, 2008

Use performance management to see the signs of a slowdown
  —May 23, 2008

Why driving innovation means sharing your data
  —May 23, 2008

Manufacturing: in praise of 30/70 and the loose-tight relationship
  —March 24, 2008

Lean manufacturing goes beyond the shop floor
  —March 24, 2008

Performance management and a more productive public service
  —March 24, 2008

"Green Wave": An interview with Andrew Winston
  —February 8, 2008

Fast, accurate, and easy to get to: The BI user's wish list
  —February 8, 2008

Operational, tactical, or strategic? Choose your dashboard wisely
  —February 8, 2008

Bye, bye box stores? How shoppers are rewriting the rules in retail
  —December 6, 2007

Analyze, optimize, repeat: How smart marketers succeed online
  —December 6, 2007

Three barriers to better customer service
  —December 6, 2007

An interview with Martha Rogers
  —October 24, 2007

What do citizens want? Performance management & liveable cities
  —October 24, 2007

Moneyball and beyond: Key metrics for your favorite sports
  —October 24, 2007

Performance management and the upside of green
  —August 29, 2007

Green on wheels: How Toyota trumped the auto industry
  —August 29, 2007

"Biz Love" and business values: An interview with Tim Sanders
  —August 29, 2007

Customer perspective: Protecting the prairies with performance management
  —August 29, 2007

In K-12 schools, BI leaves no child behind
  —July 18, 2007

Small and smart: Performance management strategies for mid-sized companies
  —July 18, 2007

Media and Moneyball: An exclusive interview with George Will
  —July 18, 2007

Customer perspective: Planning on beyond Finance
  —July 18, 2007

Bob Woodward, and bacon-coolers: An exclusive interview
  —June 5, 2007

Truth, change, risk, and other by-products of good data
  —June 5, 2007

Alpha company or also-ran? Using BI for better customer service
  —June 5, 2007

Customer perspective: An object lesson in better customer service
  —June 5, 2007

Performance management: A defense against disruption?
  —April 18, 2007

An exclusive interview with Seth Godin
  —April 18, 2007

Winning with BI in the global talent search
  —April 18, 2007

Customer perspective: Building a transparent audit trail
  —April 18, 2007

Think you know how to think? Think again
  —March 7, 2007

Extreme leadership: An exclusive interview with Steve Farber
  —March 7, 2007

BI and pay-per-click ads: A perfect match
  —March 7, 2007

Customer perspective: Putting students ahead of spreadsheets
  —March 7, 2007

Innovating with yogurt (and outpacing the market)
  —January 24, 2007

How operations can win at the margins
  —January 24, 2007

Interview: Google, Cognos, and the search for meaning
  —January 24, 2007

Customer perspective: Innovative healthcare, for improved patient care
  —January 24, 2007

Marketing: Investment advisor to the business
  —November 29, 2006

Retail supply chains: "Back end" or business value?
  —November 29, 2006

Retail marketing: Prisoner of the mass-market mindset?
  —November 29, 2006

Customer perspective: Building a Balanced Scorecard in manufacturing
  —November 29, 2006

Sales: The critical gear that drives company speed
  —October 18, 2006

Managing risk in your supply chain
  —October 18, 2006

Defense: a blueprint for program objective memorandum planning
  —October 18, 2006

Customer perspective: driving customer loyalty in luxury brands
  —October 18, 2006

For Manufacturing, A Blueprint for Better Sales & Operations Planning
  —August 30, 2006

For HR, Business Intelligence Buys a Seat at the Table
  —August 30, 2006

Customer Perspective: How One HR Department Became a Profit Center
  —August 30, 2006

The New Urban Century: Can BI Help Cities Adapt?
  —August 30, 2006

Interview: Finding the Power in Performance Management
  —July 12, 2006

Results-based Government: A View From the Executive Office
  —July 12, 2006

New Drugs Faster, and for Less: The Promise of Clinical Performance Management
  —July 12, 2006

Customer Perspective: Business Intelligence in Every Department
  —July 12, 2006

Information in Perspective: An Exclusive Interview with Ted Koppel
  —May 31, 2006

A Better Way to Budget in the Public Sector
  —May 31, 2006

Beyond the Blockbuster: Using BI for Better Sales in Pharma
  —May 31, 2006

Customer Perspective: Performance Management in the Public Sector
  —May 31, 2006

Is Yours a "Company in Crisis"?
  —April 19, 2006

In Banking, Customers Lead the Way to Higher Branch Profits
  —April 19, 2006

Customer Perspectives: Boosting Profitability at First Citizens' Bank
  —April 19, 2006

Can Business Analytics Deliver Home Runs?
  —March 1, 2006

Retail Performance: Optimizing Operations for Higher Profits
  —March 1, 2006

Customer Perspective: Managing the Business of Education
  —March 1, 2006

Business Intelligence for Everyone
  —February 1, 2006

Numbers You Need

39

Projected shortfall, in millions, of global knowledge workers by 2020.

– Source: Making talent a strategic priority, The McKinsey Quarterly, January 2008.

Decision Spotlight

Dan Gardner"Our only defence is to make a habit of questioning our judgments, no matter how plausible they feel."

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