Presented by Vincent MorderSysware Consulting Group

New Zealand Australia

Zen and the Art of Business Intelligence with SAS

Introduction

• Time away from work

• The Zen way of thinking (or not thinking)

• Changing (slightly) the way you work.

Left Brain, Right Brain and Zen

• Logical Constructs• Language-based• Symbols • Mathematics and logic• Rational Thinking• The one is generalised to the many

• Conceptual thinking• Non verbal• Visual• Intuition• Common Sense• The whole is embodied in the one

Left Brain

Right Brain

Zen

• Branch of Buddhism

• Way of thinking that uses both left brain and right brain harmoniously.

• Many advantages to thinking in Zen state

The Structure of Organisations• Context organisation operates• Purpose• Functional Design. Size. Throughput

• Culture of Management• Degree of social connectivity• Exploration vs. Exploitation• Ability to change

• The distribution of knowledge and power

Organisations in New Zealand• Context: NZ is competitive and trim• Whole array of orgs exist in NZ

• Size, knowledge distribution, and power• Gradual increase in efficiency

• Culture and social connectivity• Exploration vs. Exploitation• Ability to change

• IT, Systems, and business intelligence

The Hierarchy of Knowledge

• Data• Information• Knowledge

• Philosophy• Wisdom• Union

• Meaning

Evolution of information. Each

higher level enfolds and transcends

previous level. All are required for individual or an

organisation

Context of BI teams in an organisation

• BI is the central nervous system• Systems• Reporting

• Models• Exploitation vs. Exploration (and Development)• Ability to change

• Analysis

Context of You on a BI team

• Assessment of your situation• Assessment of your team• Go into solution mode

• Change with your environment • Strategy• Ability to change

• Right brain and zen way of thinking..

SAS & You in a BI unit in an Organisation

• SAS enables the transformation of knowledge• SAS facilitates knowledge management• SAS helps your BI team in BAU

• SAS helps derive MEANING

• SAS will be around for many more years to come

• SAS helps in Exploration

Conclusions

• Time away from work

• The Zen way of thinking (or not thinking)

• Changing (slightly) the way you work.

The Sysware Difference

• Our people – supported by a culture of quality and excellence in everything we do is our biggest differentiator in the market place.

• Sysware employs, nurtures and retains the most

experienced BI professionals in the industry. • Our delivery team consists of over 30 BI professionals

with a depth of expertise in industry specific business issues.

• Through our collaborative teaming model our

customers benefit from the collective experience of Sysware consultants.

•Customer Analytics•Data Mining and Predictive Modeling•Building Data Warehouses•Data quality reviews•Data cleansing, migration and integration•Geocoding, Regional Data Analysis & Mapping•Evaluating Business Intelligence tools•Implementing Business Intelligence tools•Project Managing Business Intelligence Development•Management Information Systems•Business Intelligence Training, Support & Skills Transfer

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