There are a number of influential damnations, but as per our post last yer, analysts are among the worst. Why? Analysts are the Gatekeepers of the Gold Seal of Approval Just because you have this great new product that contains at least half a dozen innovative features and functions not (yet) found in the competitors’ […]
Conferences are bad, but manageable as they are only once or twice a year. Consortiums are worse, as they meet regularly to thrust their views upon you. Pundits / Futurists are a significant damnation, because their brand of influence seems to be annoyance perfected. But none of these compare to the damnation of analysts. Why? […]
Especially if they don’t have a degree in technology! Even if they have 30 years in the tech industry, because, at some fundamental level, they just don’t get it and ultimately end up making a suggestion that not only makes everything more complicated than it has to be but confuses the heck out of the […]
If Pikachu is the vendor who has just forked over a wad of money to the analyst firm Then Squirtle demonstrates how the doctor would respond during his meeting with the vendor (who would feel entitled to a good review) Thank you Robot Chicken. (And happy belated birthday, Seth Green, Robot Chicken co-creator.)
After reading report after report after report from analyst firm after analyst firm after analyst firm for the last decade or so on how more BI is the answer (it’s usually not), I was very pleasantly surprised by this recent post by Lora Cecere (ex-AMR) of the Altimeter Group over on Supply Chain Shaman on […]