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What institution is Vida with? IT person or an end-user? Will she be attending KnowIT this year?

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Could we have some discussion at KnowIT on the "reality" of executive dashboards -- fact or fiction? Why? What makes them successful? Why are they failures? What is reality?

BAM? open source BI? SOA? What?

Take a look at this . . . True? Not true?

Let's talk about it . . . .

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http://advice.cio.com/thomas_wailgum/to_hell_with_business_intelligence_40_percent_of_execs_trust_gut

Last week we introduced themed vision teams to our office. The themes consisted of Emerging Technology, The Green Team, Marketing and Internal Affairs. Each team held a 30 minute meeting that encouraged participants to converse and collaborate about ideas that pertained to the specific theme.

Members were exposed to new ideas, understanding of others initiatives and encouraged to think outside the box. But, most importantly we are given an opportunity to influence our culture.

Many people util… Continue