A few weeks ago, we shared that Ken had the opportunity to be a guest speaker on Nashville News Channel 5’s segment, SCORE on Business, which focuses on hot topics for entrepreneurs - everything from crucial start-up tasks to cultivating and growing business. It’s officially aired! Check out the segment below! https://youtu.be/ljsBsqBjVBc https://youtu.be/-TrzvBPpxb4
Domingo Riberio Soriano’s popular research paper, Quality in the Consulting Service, outlines the importance of the work external consultants conduct in businesses. Through interviews and research, Soriano shows the positive effects on the management process within companies where a plan was created by an external consultant. Below is an excerpt from his report explaining top [...]
Earlier this month at the Microsoft Build developer conference, the Power BI group at Microsoft revealed game-changing updates to the desktop client that makes working with large datasets much easier. Incremental Refresh In May’s update of Power BI Desktop, Microsoft improved the incremental refresh feature that enables software and its users to work better with [...]
In 1989, Stephen Covey published a book entitled "7 Habits of Highly Effective People" that had a tremendous reception. Chances are good that you have both read the book and benefited from its message. As a directive for healthy social interactions, the recipe for success outlined in the book can be applied to just about [...]
The General Data Protection Regulation is a regulation in European Union law on data protection and privacy for all individuals within the EU and addresses the export of personal data outside the EU. Although this regulation was initially adopted back in April 2016, it becomes enforceable this month - May 25, 2018 to be exact. [...]
It’s been an exciting time for Power BI users as the highly anticipated features and updates have been released. Here’s a recap of the most notable features and improvements to Power BI Desktop, Power BI Mobile and Cloud Service, and Power BI Report Server from the last several months. Power BI Desktop Details on the [...]
BI and Analytics Consultant for Think Data Insights, Michael Hewitt, was this month’s presenter at the Nashville Modern Excel & Power BI User Group. This group consists of over 600 local Excel and Power BI gurus that meet monthly to share best practices, take part in training opportunities, and connect with other professionals across various [...]
At Think Data Insights, we make it a point to serve our community, be involved, and share our knowledge. Last week, Ken Raetz had the opportunity to be a guest speaker on Nashville News Channel 5’s segment, SCORE on Business, which focuses on hot topics for entrepreneurs - everything from crucial start-up tasks to cultivating [...]
Much is being said about data privacy, amidst growing concerns over data breaches and unethical use of one's personal data. What is certain is that we have an enormous (and growing!) online digital footprint that should cause us to be concerned and engaged as to how our data is being used in the global marketplace. [...]
As data consultants, over the years we have seen organizations big and small, and across numerous industries. While the scope of our work can vary widely from one client engagement to another, there is one common issue that we see in nearly all organizations: dirty data. To be fair, some companies are much better off [...]
