I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat

On May 10th, 1940, Winston Churchill gave a speech before the British Parliament. It was his first after having taken upon himself the task of forming the government to replace that of Neville Chamberlain. This speech later became known as the “Blood, toil, tears and sweat” speech. (It is interesting to note that we often refer …

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The Tantalus Paradox

The Tantalus Paradox refers to a situation in which on the one hand, a manager is surrounded by information systems flooding him with a lot of data about his organization, and on the other hand he does not receive the information he needs when he needs it in order to make decisions. On more than …

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The Cat in the Hat and the BI Project

A few nights ago I was reading my kids one of their favorite books, “The Cat in the Hat Comes Back”, by Dr. Seuss. As I was reading the delightful sequence of “disasters” for the umpteenth time to the sound of my children’s laughter, another part of me was dealing with the surprising revelation that …

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