They know when you’re going to quit – even before you do
Some companies think they can predict when you're going to quit based on people who seem similar to you. And they're going to tell your boss.
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Is Quant the New King in Town?
The “quant” revolution in trading is well underway, but how do they leverage their data and what new risks does this introduce?
Under Armour’s Transition to a Data-Driven Fitness Lifestyle Company – Will it Pay Off?
In 2013, Under Armour took a big bet in the data technology space and acquired a suite of companies worth over $700m. Kevin Plank, CEO of Under Armour, aimed that data-driven technology would lead Under Armour to generate up to $7.5bn of revenue by fiscal year end 2018. Will his bet pay off?
AltSchool: Learning about Learning
AltSchool is using a data intensive approach to personalize K-12 education
Data Art: Transforming Personal Data into Digital Fingerprints
Art can many times be used as a powerful tool to helps us find meaning in mass amount of data that is available in the world.
AutoGrid is Turning the World’s Energy Data into Power
AutoGrid is using predictive data analytics to optimize and manage the ever-evolving energy grid of the 21st Century
Allstate Drivewise: Keeping our Roads Safer
Historically, car insurance companies priced premiums based on factors such as what type of car you drive, your past driving history, age, gender and where you live. During the past 5-10 years, insurance companies have been changing the way they underwrite by using current driving behavior data rather than past or demographic data. Allstate was one of the first auto insurance agencies to offer telematics usage-based insurance policies.
Using data analytics to optimize employee engagement
Gone are the days during which CEOs and leaders of big, complex, multinational teams struggle to understand employee engagement. Say goodbye to menial HR surveys that weakly reflect reality and to post-damage exit surveys that raise issues very late. In […]
Garbage In, Flaming Dumpster Fire Out: The Cautionary Tale of Tay
The launch of Microsoft’s Tay chatbot exposed the risks of over-reliance on data without proper human judgment.
McData: underdog McDonalds using data to defy its naysayers
New McDonalds CEO Steve Easterbrook set the company on a data-driven transformation to improve its customer experience.