Entries by Ironside Group

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Be A Data Champion

Being the sole data champion within your organization can present difficulties when you’re vying for limited company resources and attention from the “powers that be.” No doubt, you may find the role to be frustrating at times. Yet you may also find the role to be extremely rewarding, because it gives you a great deal […]

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Customer Analytics in a Competitive Marketplace

Ironside’s Ray Haddad published an article on LinkedIn titled “Applications of Nonlinearity in Life and Customer Analytics” in August 2017.   What’s the best way to hold on to your customers in a competitive marketplace? That’s a classic business question, for which Ray Haddad uses an innovative methodology to provide surprising answers in this just-posted article. […]

Preparing for an Incentive Compensation Audit

For many, the word “audit” brings a range of negative emotions such as fear, anxiety, and uncertainty. But does it need to be that way? After all, an audit is essentially a diagnostic or check of the business processes and results that exist in a company. Hence, it should be viewed as essential to business […]

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Capitalize on Data

Press release issued by Forbes Corporate Communications; Ironside comments on how to capitalize on data NEW YORK, May 31, 2017 — Corporate leaders consider data and analytics capability a top investment priority. Yet despite this, faith in the data businesses rely upon is low. According to the Forbes Insights and KPMG “2016 Global CEO Outlook,” 84% […]

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The Cost of Technical Debt in Analytics

In the world of data and analytics, technical debt is what happens when organizations make conscious decisions to solve short-term problems, even when they know there could be long-term and potentially negative implications around their actions. It exists in every organization, including yours. Not all technical debt is bad, as long as it is strategically […]