Isaac Cheifetz
Ask the Talent Doctor – September 8th, 2019
Product Management vs Marketing Dear Talent Doctor, We can’t decide whether our VP of Marketing should be an expert in branding or...
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STAR TRIBUNE ARTICLES
Isaac Cheifetz
Are Analytics Flattening Sports, August 28, 2019
In our current Age of Analytics, there is a danger of focusing on what can be measured, even if it is not central to the matter at hand....
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How to Hire Your Next Vice President of Sales, August 14, 2019
A VP of Sales is arguably the most important and expensive executive hire. Let’s assume you have several candidates who have a long-term...
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Isaac Cheifetz
The 4th Industrial Revolution, August 1, 2019
A new term is being used to describe the current state of our manufacturing economy - Industry 4.0 - in other words, the 4th Industrial...
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Isaac Cheifetz
MinneAnalytics, July 15, 2019
What factors matter in building a regional technology economy? Two main factors are a critical mass of related businesses and world class...
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Isaac Cheifetz
Free Medical School, 6/30/19
The health care crisis continues unabated. There are many causes to the continuously expanding cost: new technologies, new medications,...
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Does the Internet Enable Freedom, 6/15/19
In 2019, have we passed peak technology freedom enablement? The internet is associated with freedom, particularly, until recently as the...
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Isaac Cheifetz
Data Distractions Galore, June 3, 2019
Five years ago, I reviewed a book by former Microsoft researcher Alex Soojung-Kim Pang, titled “The Distraction Addiction.’’ He described...
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Isaac Cheifetz
How Lean is My Software, May 18, 2019
Today, in the world of manufacturing and services, lean principles are applied to optimize nearly all large organizations. Until...
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Isaac Cheifetz
E.U. is Shaking up the Online Privacy Game, Minneapolis Star Tribune
You may have noticed that many of your phone apps have sent notices lately updating your privacy terms. This cascade is not a...
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Isaac Cheifetz
Lessons of NBA Analytics, Minneapolis Star Tribune
The 21st century has quickly become the Analytics Age, revolutionizing industry after industry. What can we learn from industries that...
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A Short History of AI, Minneapolis Star Tribune
The computer can’t tell you the emotional story. It can give you the exact mathematical design, but what’s missing is the eyebrows. –...
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It Might Be Time to Break Up the Tech Giants, Minneapolis Star Tribune
“I don’t know what a monopoly is until somebody tells me.” — Steve Balmer, former Microsoft CEO The U.S. economy is dominated by three...
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Finding Your Place in the Data World, Minneapolis Star Tribune
"I think statistics go in one ear and out the other. All of us respond to stories more than numbers." — Koren Zailckas As algorithms...
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Getting Analytics Right, Minneapolis Star Tribune, August 4, 2018
“Yeah, well, you know, that’s just, like, your opinion, man.” – “The Big Lebowski” Analytics has never been sexier in the world of...
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