Corporate Kung Fu - Paul Ormonde-james

From Source to Solution –The ancient secrets of the Intelligence Continuum

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Corporate Kung Fu for beginners

ByMaster Paul Ormonde-JamesThe Data Warehouse Institute

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Congratulations……

You have been admitted to the Corporate Kung Fu School of enlightenment

Today you will learn

• Where you and your organisation may sit in the journey of BI enlightenment

•What you might discover as you progress your organisation to achieving full value add – SAGE

•Key learning's to assist you navigate the horrors of the journey >>>


Corporate Kung Fu…..

• The ancient ability to – Manipulate the “Hidden Force” to move

between information silos with stealth.

– Understand what is not said, but is important to know.

– Moving “thought” in a direction you desire.

– Seeing what others do not see

– Reaching the final destination with no money and in a split second

– Using your combat skills to crush the opposition, in the nicest possible way >>

Skills of the Corporate Kung Fu practitioner


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– Education & training,

– Certification & news,

– and research for executives, senior business managers and information technology (IT) professionals worldwide.

• Educational institute for business intelligence and data warehousing.

– Founded in 1995

• Complete resource for professional development, including certification, well respected publications, and critical research.

• In Australia, bring BI professionals together to share knowledge and experience

To know the task is to know the solution…..

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Wisdom is attained through enlightenment of the soul…Grass Hopper

How to achieve

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Strategic Positioning - enlightenment #1

• He who knows where he must go, will arrive quickly and with fewer steps

• BI Success begins with a clear understanding of the reasons that BI is important to the business.

• Knowledge of both business drivers and BI program drivers defines the strategic and tactical positioning of a BI program.

• It can only work if senior management support the implementation, delivery and use of the program.

• A BI strategic Plan must be developed and communicated.


Strategy Execution - enlightenment #2

Consider the following:• 95% of a typical workforce does not understand its

organisation’s strategy

• 90% of organisations fail to execute their strategies successfully

• 86% of executive teams spend less than one hour discussing strategy

• 70% of organisations do not link middle management incentives to strategy

• 60% of organizations do not link strategy to budgeting. Is your organisation one of them? >

Without a process to execute strategy, you could become a statistic


Deliver Measured Results – Enlightenment #2

• The visible part of a BI program is reports and analysis

• Analytics succeed in organisations that use metrics effectively.

• When management acknowledge the BI/DW program as both a business process and an investment, it becomes an obvious target of applied metrics.

• Established measurable goals and define actionable metrics for the program. This component adds value across the organisation.

• The BI team will be built to provide advanced analytics to the organisation.

The quality of decision is like the well-timed swoop of a falcon which enables it to strike and destroy its victim


Business Initiatives - Enlightenment #3

• He who walks alone carries a heavy load

– Successful BI engages the business.

– It is a “business first, technology second” endeavour. Technology can support BI, but it can’t create BI.

– Find a “white Knight” or “master”

– Get them to sell your capability and delivery


Deliver User First Design – Enlightenment #4

• BI/DW products only deliver value when they are used by people conducting business activities.

• BI design is focused first for the user experience it drives. Successful BI starts with what the user will see and how they will interact with BI products.

• World class BI focuses particular attention to how BI solutions will fit seamlessly into day-to-day business activities.

• Define deliverables and agree with business sponsors. Add to BI plan. >>

Walk in the steps of your target, live in a day of your target, think like your target


Create New Value - enlightenment #5

• Keep your friends close, keep your enemies closer

– Be very aware of office politics

– Understand the players

– Observe the game

– Know the power players

– Be aware of the relationships both visible and hidden

– Listen, watch & learn before playing the game.

– BI strives to “Don’t just integrate data – enrich information.”


• BI success and effectiveness depends on people.

• From those who define and articulate business strategies to those who employ BI products in their day-to-day work, BI changes jobs.

• It creates new roles and responsibilities, demands new skills, and changes the way that work is done.

• Business professionals and seasoned IT people will both experience significant change.

• Personalities make a difference >>

Human Impacts - enlightenment #6

• Understand your opponent as you understand yourself


Information & Analytics – Enlightenment #7

• Information is more valuable than data. Data is only the raw material that is used to create information.

• Data Warehousing is part of the supply chain for business information. DW technology is “under the hood” stuff that is necessary to power business intelligence.

• The power of Business Intelligence is in Analytics and the power to unleash Insight & Foresight.

He who is armed with the right understanding can conquer all opposition


Initiate active data stewardship – enlightenment #8

• If data is the raw material from which we create information, then reliability of information directly depends on the quality of the data that is used to produce it.

• Good information depends on good data, and good data is a product of good data management, not of good fortune.

• One of the keys to BI success is business-managed data and information resources, implemented through active and ongoing data stewardship. >>>

In combat you must join with allies


Initiate Long Term Investment - enlightenment #9

• He who heralds greatness, shall be seen as great

•The BI program is long term and a journey.

•While quick-strike successes create political goodwill and heroes-for-a-day, a sustainable BI program is one that continuously provides meaningful information, useful analytics, and measurable impact.

•It allows the organisation to grow and grows with the organisation.

•Communicate the successes

•Meet with the business regularly

•Use formal and informal communications

•Create a call plan >>>


Reach out - enlightenment #10

• Look for opportunities that others see as problems

• Deliver value, quickly and in regular “slices” so action is seen – NO big bangs

• The BI touches every part of the business and reach as far as is practical. Be bold - Deliver, deliver. Deliver

• Each business process touched by BI is a potential opportunity to receive value, as is each person who uses the BI products. >>>

• Tread where angels fear, where tigers roar and bears rip you apart

It is now time for you to leave but final words of wisdom…..Grass hopper

Conclusions

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ConclusionsConclusions

Three

Important pieces of Information


Firstly, Golden rules of combat – Corporate Kung Fu…..

• Deflect the force– Do not block

• Know the opponents weakness– Hit were it hurts

• Find people of like spirit – spiritual synergy

• Be prepared for the unexpected

• Speak softly, but roar like the tiger

• All encounters are dangerous

• The word is mightier than the sword

• Respect all opponents

• Capitalise the opponents weakness, avoid the strength

• He who throws mud, loses ground

• Use the style needed to succeed, change styles >>>


Secondly, Faith – Your religion will see you through…..

• Be confident of the future direction, enable faster decision making with applied analytics and Business Intelligence

• Drive change through accurate and timely information & knowledge

• See what others do not see through modelling and predictive analysis

• Have your vision for the future, make it known across the organisation

• Do not let others apply their mediocrity to your future

• Make the time to take a strategic role! >

You are what you believe


And Finally, ….

• There are many techniques that can be used in combat

• Different techniques achieve different outcomes

• Persistence is critical, this is not for the faint hearted

• If all fails,


The ultimate wisdom of Corporate Kung Fu

He who fights then runs away

Lives to fight another day!

CongratulationsYou have passed

Stage 1 ofBusiness IntelligenceBlack Belt

CongratulationsYou have passed

Stage 1 ofBusiness IntelligenceBlack Belt

You have now reached enlightenment, for further insight contact

Paul [email protected]

WELLDONE


Paul Ormonde-James Biography

• Qualifications– Degree with honours Cybernetic Engineering (robotics &

artificial Intelligence) & Degree in computer Sciences– Master of Business Administration (Macquarie University)

specialising in Strategic Marketing & Finance– Post Grad. In Company Law

• Experience– Over 25 years in the field– Worked to develop and apply warehousing techniques to

organisations to unlock the hidden knowledge within company information.

– Has built a number of warehouse solutions and rectified problems with warehouses. The focus has been to enable analysts to analyse efficiently

– Currently president of the Australian chapter of The Data Warehouse Institute & Business Intelligence Institute

– Spent 10 years on the Board of the Society for Competitive Intelligence Australia

– Works with top organisations across the country & globally– Guest Lecturer at Universities on applied Intelligence and

business Intelligence– Presenter at Business Intelligence conferences across

Australia and around the World• Known for his direct, action oriented style that tells it the way it is and

delivers results.

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