by Shane Gibson | May 26, 2013 | Optimal Company
Ok I managed to not put it in the title but it comes back to the old give a man a fish vs teach a man to fish concept. I have been struggling to work out what the best options are to impart knowledge to others in a way they can consume it, but more importantly in a...
by Shane Gibson | May 22, 2013 | Data Integration, General
A few years ago when I first left SAS and started up OptimalBI, I took on the role of chairperson for the SAS New Zealand User group. As part of that role I started uploading the excellent presentations from each years SUNZ conference to slideshare. I had forgotten...
by Shane Gibson | May 19, 2013 | General, Optimal Company
Thinking back to all the places I have worked before I started OptimalBI, a lot of my memories are rose tinted (enhanced) or dark grey (clouded) by the culture that I perceived was endemic at the company at that time. Often the smaller team I was part of exhibited a...
by Shane Gibson | May 14, 2013 | Business Intelligence
We have just finished a 3 month sprint working with a customer to deliver a BI Platform from woe to go in 3 elapsed months. This is the first time I have been involved in delivering something from scratch to production in such a short amount of time. Yes we have done...
by Shane Gibson | May 2, 2013 | Optimal Company
When looking at what value your company provides to its customers it can often be classified into the 3 E’s Efficiency You provide something faster or cheaper than the customer doing it themselves. Experience You have done something a number of times before and...
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