Back when I was managing software development, there was a phrase I used to use when project deadlines were approaching: “Turn it up a notch!” Needless to say, that did not always go over well with the developers. There are always going to be projects that get to those points, but there’ll be more of …
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Perspective is a fascinating concept. If you’ve had the good fortune to visit the Taj Mahal, you may have a picture of yourself appearing to hold the amazing white marble structure by its finial as if it were a small toy, a perspective distorting feat made possible by taking a picture from some distance away. …
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Traffic jams in India can be amazing for the variety of vehicles, the cacophony of horns and their sheer scale. Sitting in one a while ago in a hotel car – a BMW 7 series – I was given a demonstration by the driver of the sensor system that detected when the car came too …
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The National Investment Company Services Association (NICSA) will have its 32nd Annual Conference this February. The conference has been rebranded as a Strategic Leadership Forum with the topic centering on Globalization. (Officially – and redundantly – it is: “Managing the Investment Firm in a Global World”). NICSA is not alone in recognizing the need financial …
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This post originally appeared as a guest blog on the National Investment Company Services Association (NICSA) website here. In his recent book, The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail – but Some Don’t , Nate Silver looks at the use of Big Data in predictive analytics. Among the many insightful observations is …
It seems almost quaint in the day of Google and Amazon hegemony but there used to be a lapel button around that said “Earth, a subsidiary of Microsoft.” That firm’s quest for world domination has been replaced by a struggle to maintain relevance at least in some product spheres. One area where they are not …
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