Posts Tagged ‘insight’

Monday, August 18th, 2008

Every Dog Hath his Day

Every dog hath his day…since I started with the August Dog Days notion last week – I thought it only fair to continue with the theme and Shakespeare helped me along – although for you literary types…a slight digression – I have used a quote that pre-dates Will’s use.

  • The notion of "made up of people" has never been more true than as portrayed by this Olympics -- did you see the opening and closing...???
  • hmmm...tough one to pin down this ramble. But always get my hackles up, and tail wagging, when people rant on about governments or companies. Because at the end of the day, they are made up of people, human beings. So I suppose those groups go for the lowest "common desire denominators", to get people to join in the action (be ...
Monday, March 3rd, 2008

More on Insight

More on Insight. Our senses are not uni-dimensional.

Posit this: the 4th dimension is the world of our senses. The place where sight, smell, taste, hearing and touch combine in neural ways. That is what separates experience from computer simulation – no matter how good.

Think on it.

  • Quickish comment about modelling and analytics: Modelling, data analysis and such don't exist in isolation from humans, perceptions, insights and goals. Models (etc) are there to reflect relationships that can be found by measurement in CRM or survey data. The motivation to even look for those relationships come from people making decisions about running a business. It's for their benefit. Lots ...
Monday, October 29th, 2007

The Daisy Girl

The Daisy Girl. Most of us have never heard of her. I was 10 at the time and do remember…She helped a US President get elected in 1964 – before the Internet, before blogs and before cable. Called “Peace Little Girl,” the spot ran once yet created a buzz that is still remembered today.