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David Logan

Principal consultant, PBT Group

David has been in the BI/Analytics industry for over 25 years with consulting and project experience across the insurance, banking, retail and telecoms domains. He currently manages an enablement team within the model risk environment at ABSA which applies automation, standardisation and optimisation principles to enhance business value, including the current cloud migration project.

Articles

4:10

Numbers are people too

While numbers are generally assumed to be impartial, they are in fact about people and created by people.

4:50

BI for job security

Do not try these at home (or the office)!

3:50
Data visualisation
Jan 20, 2014

The 'how to' of data visualisation

Successful data visualisation is said to be a core skill of the new breed of data scientist.

4:40

Can you handle the truth?

Business intelligence should challenge conventional wisdom as opposed to just delivering reports.

4:30

BI times a-changin'

There are fascinating new challenges taking place in the business intelligence industry.

4:20

Purple people and data scientists

Data scientists communicate meaningful stories from data, regardless of data size or complexity.

4:50

Money BI

Hollywood provides a great practical example of how BI can truly assist an organisation in standing out from the rest.

3:50

Outliers - classic BI

Finding the outlier in a company might just lead you to its most valuable area of business.

3:50

BI also behavioural intelligence

Business intelligence should truly inform and educate the company, and not just be a simple reporting tool.

3:10

Using BI to drive BI

Deploying the 80/20 rule in designing and building BI systems can result in improved performance.

4:00

The 'Jerry Maguire' moment

The success of a BI project depends on the company's ability to respond to customer needs immediately.