Is there a language of business? There are certainly languages for many aspects of business. We have an entire vocabulary for modelling business processes, another for building the narrative around the IT architecture disciplines, another for building data models, and another for considering finances. Do these translate well into an over-arching, easily understood language of […]
This post has been adapted from Gartner’s Applied Infonomics: Seven Steps to Monetize Available Information Assets paper – November 2018, which is available in full from Gartner here: https://www.gartner.com/document/3893864 The “monetization of information” matters Although awareness of information’s potential to deliver more than operational and analytical benefits is increasing, data & analytics leaders rarely have the […]
Have you ever worked out how much it costs for you to develop the business case for change in your organisation? I have, and it’s not pretty! The thing is, I believe that the workflow used to generate the case for change today is broken; It takes too long, Inapproriate tools are used, Prioritisation is […]
We were recently named a Gartner Cool Vendor in Information Innovation – an honour indeed, which you can read more about here www.linq.it/cool-vendor It’s not only Gartner who thinks we are cool – we think we’re cool too and this is why… Cool Fact #1 – The LINQ Language The LINQ Language sits at the […]
Digital society expects its citizens to “speak data”; to have data literacy. Unless data and analytics leaders treat information as the new second language of business, government and communities, they will not be able to deliver the competitive advantage and agility demanded by their enterprises – Valerie Logan, Gartner Research Director Do you know what […]
For as long as I can remember, a conversation has been going on about the cost of frustrated employees to a business. There are a few terms that are used; dis-engaged, absenteeism, presenteeism – but it amounts to the same thing – frustration has a real cost, and you may be surprised just how high […]
LINQ’s Cost Allocation is an important new capability which establishes an economic baseline for your information ecosystem. The Problem Imagine a factory where the Directors have no idea what the Cost of Goods Sold is. Imagine a shop where everything has a price – but the shop owner has no idea what the wholesale cost […]
In this series of blog posts, we are exploring how a greater understanding of your information assets can help drive business value through by enabling successful digital transformation. The challenge that exists in the marketplace was described in this blog post; it is a challenge which is growing daily as the pace of change and the curiosity […]
As IT Professionals, we often remind ourselves that “It should be all about the Information, not the Technology”. Which is ironic, given that we’re inevitably ‘IT professionals‘ rather than ‘Information Professionals’. But how do ‘Information Professionals’ cope with the challenges of Information Intangibility? The (in)Tangibility of Technology As an excuse, it’s been really challenging to maintain […]
How’s business transformation going for you? I’ll hazard a guess: not well! Statistically that’s likely a good guess because so few transformation initiatives deliver. Under 20% of organisations have achieved their digital potential. You’ve read this far, so I’m also going to guess that you want to find a better way. Why we Invented LINQ […]