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Jon Thompson and Suzanne Rains

Jon Thompson is co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer at Blue Margin Inc. An author and speaker, Jon sheds light on how businesses can take advantage of a revolution in business intelligence to become data-driven and accelerate their success. Suzanne Rains is a communications specialist at Blue Margin Inc. With a MA in Human Resources and BAs in Marketing and Management, Suzanne unites an understanding of human nature and a keen interest in industry research to author thought leadership articles for today’s business leaders.
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Brian T. O'Neill – Value Creation with BI Through Human Centered Design

“The gateway to achieving business value [with BI] is user adoption. You cannot circumvent...

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Industrial Growth Partners: Leveraging Data Throughout the Investment Lifecycle

If you can create and develop those systems, which is difficult to do in a short time...

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Forbes’ “Grandfather of Gamification”: Data Creates a Culture of Growth

Charles “Chuck” Coonradt is a consultant, CEO, and 5x best-selling author. His 1984 book The...

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Tenex Capital: How Private Equity Uses Data to Improve Portfolio Operations

“Too many portfolio companies have not invested in tech for too many years and find...

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Change Management and the Power of Data for Distributed Decision Making

“Despite the tools available, people still use their intuition to make people decisions....

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How to Build an Effective (Power BI) Dashboard

“An expert is a person who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a very narrow...

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Tecum Capital: Using Data for Higher Returns in Manufacturing, Services, and Distribution

“If you don’t have any type of dashboarding or KPI system, it’s a major deduction on the...

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Pitfalls of Manual Excel Reporting

“Implementing business intelligence and automated reporting is the ultimate low-hanging...

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Notch Partners: Finding Executives for the Right Deal at the Right Time

Andy Thompson is founder and CEO of Notch Partners, a boutique executive talent consultancy...