Isaac CheifetzAsk the Talent Doctor – September 8th, 2019Product Management vs Marketing Dear Talent Doctor, We can’t decide whether our VP of Marketing should be an expert in branding or product management. A – Th...
Isaac CheifetzAre Analytics Flattening Sports, August 28, 2019In 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. I once had a brillia...
Isaac CheifetzHow to Hire Your Next Vice President of Sales, August 14, 2019A VP of Sales is arguably the most important and expensive executive hire. Let’s assume you have several candidates who have a long-term track record of succ...
Isaac CheifetzThe 4th Industrial Revolution, August 1, 2019A new term is being used to describe the current state of our manufacturing economy - Industry 4.0 - in other words, the 4th Industrial revolution. What were...
Isaac CheifetzMinneAnalytics, July 15, 2019What factors matter in building a regional technology economy? Two main factors are a critical mass of related businesses and world class research universiti...
Isaac CheifetzFree Medical School, 6/30/19The health care crisis continues unabated. There are many causes to the continuously expanding cost: new technologies, new medications, the legal systems’ im...
Isaac CheifetzDoes the Internet Enable Freedom, 6/15/19In 2019, have we passed peak technology freedom enablement? The internet is associated with freedom, particularly, until recently as the ethos of Silicon Val...
Isaac CheifetzData Distractions Galore, June 3, 2019Five years ago, I reviewed a book by former Microsoft researcher Alex Soojung-Kim Pang, titled “The Distraction Addiction.’’ He described how resisting the o...
Isaac CheifetzHow Lean is My Software, May 18, 2019Today, in the world of manufacturing and services, lean principles are applied to optimize nearly all large organizations. Until recently, information techno...
Isaac CheifetzFinding 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 increasingly dominate ou...
Isaac CheifetzA Short History of AI, Minneapolis Star TribuneThe computer can’t tell you the emotional story. It can give you the exact mathematical design, but what’s missing is the eyebrows. – Frank Zappa Analytics h...
Isaac CheifetzGetting 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 business. Big data, artifi...
Isaac CheifetzE.U. is Shaking up the Online Privacy Game, Minneapolis Star TribuneYou may have noticed that many of your phone apps have sent notices lately updating your privacy terms. This cascade is not a coincidence. You can thank the ...
Isaac CheifetzIt 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 companies — Amazon, Go...
Isaac CheifetzLessons of NBA Analytics, Minneapolis Star TribuneThe 21st century has quickly become the Analytics Age, revolutionizing industry after industry. What can we learn from industries that were early adopters, s...