Revisiting the Silo Problem with The New AI
Even though Goodyear Manager Phil Ensor is credited with coining the phrase “Business Silos” in the late 1980s, the reality is that these towers
Hyperlocal by r4 Technologies and InContext Solutions
The retail market is evolving rapidly. Traditional merchandising methods struggle to keep pace with the unique demands of local shoppers.
Time for Tech to Drive Change
It is long overdue for us as citizens, and as technologists, to make health, safety, and well-being in the Black community real priorities…
All Models are Wrong
Data scientists live by the aphorism “All models are wrong… but some are useful.” This truism, often attributed to twentieth century statistic…
All Pandemics Are Local
“Global Pandemic” is the headline you see everywhere you look. Simple reality, the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting economic shock is local.
How to Transform a “Big, Old” Company into an Agile Digital Business
“As consumers, we take digital technologies for granted… We don’t wonder why these things are possible; we simply expect them,”said Designed for Digital a recently published book by Jeanne Ross, Cynthia Beath, and Martin Mocker in its Preface.
Avoiding “Winner-Take-All” in the World of AI
In a recent NY Times article, leading tech journalist Steve Lohr captured the anxiety of academic researchers about the concentrated wealth and power of a handful of tech titans.
Beyond Machine Learning: Capturing Cause-and-Effect Relationships
Artificial intelligence is rapidly becoming one of the most important technologies of our era. Every day we can read about the latest AI advances from startups and large companies.
You Don’t Need a Year of Data Cleansing
There’s a nearly universal belief in the business world that you can’t use AI without first going through a long, painful process of data cleansing and normalization.







