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BI, Analytics, and Reporting

Key problems with Annual Budgeting: insights from Oliver Wight's Stuart Harman

27 APRIL 2018 - 1 MIN READ

Many businesses are either still in their annual budgeting process, or have just finished and are taking a breath. It is often a long, arduous...

4 Tell-tale signs you need a self-service BI tool

1 FEBRUARY 2018 - 5 MINS READ

You have probably reached this blog because you feel the need to validate your hunch that you need a better way to analyse your data....

Can you fly a plane and build it at the same time?

18 DECEMBER 2017 - 4 MINS READ

My Observation of the NDIS SchemeAs an observer, one of the most disruptive changes to the different industries I’ve worked with since 2000 is happening...

My key highlights from the 2nd Annual Integrated Business Planning Summit

26 JUNE 2017 - 4 MINS READ

Great to attend the recent Akolade 2nd Annual Integrated Business Planning Summit in Sydney. A fantastic mix of content and presentations and many takeaways.  I...

The anatomy of a perfect ClubIntel pitch

22 MARCH 2017 - 4 MINS READ

You’ve read the ClubIntel brochures. You’ve watched the demos. You can list multiple ways that ClubIntel will deliver value to your club and its members.It’s...

Turning 9 cents into $100K: How smart clubs approach revenue growth

10 JANUARY 2017 - 4 MINS READ

I visited a club in Western Sydney the other week. I’d barely made it through the automatic doors when the operations manager rushed to greet...

Believe the hype – Qlik handles 2 billion records in 24 minutes

9 DECEMBER 2016 - 3 MINS READ

When you’ve worked in business intelligence for as long as I have, you get used to vendors making big claims about their products. Some argue...

How to power up your business intelligence with Power BI – and why you should

30 NOVEMBER 2016 - 5 MINS READ

When a competitor starts eating into your market share, or industry disruption threatens your business model, what do you do?Do you seek refuge under a...

The power of a chicken schnitzel

28 JUNE 2016 - 4 MINS READ

Ask any club manager and chances are they’ll tell you that a good chicken schnitzel does wonders for getting people through the doors.In my conversations...

What’s the difference between QlikView and Qlik Sense?

11 MARCH 2016 - 4 MINS READ

If you’ve worked at one of the 24,000 organisations that use Qlik products worldwide, you’ll know that Qlik makes it effortless to consolidate, search and...