Some Innovations are big, some are small, some make the boat go faster
When looking at what value your company provides to its customers it can often be classified into the 3 E's Efficiency You provide something faster or cheaper than the customer doing it themselves....
View ArticleHow do you make something you have done reusable to somebody else?
Ok I managed to not put it in the title but it comes back to the old give a man a fish vs teach a man to fish concept. I have been struggling to work out what the best options are to impart knowledge...
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DO WHAT YOU LOVE – the rest will follow…
Ever find yourself in a rut? Work’s the same (or worse, more stressful than ever). Home’s the same (yes, you love them but the kids are still screaming). It’s easy to lose your way, or get swept away...
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Wow! we made the Deloitte Technology Fast500 Asia Pacific 2013 – thanks everyone
Earlier in 2013 OptimalBI entered the Deloitte Fast50 where we were thrilled to learn we are the 22nd fastest growing company in New Zealand - you can read my review of that event here Fast growing...
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Apple Retail Stores are a competitive advantage, goes against conventional...
Interesting article on how Apple are closing down 20 retail stores so they can move them to alternative locations that allow them to be bigger:...
View ArticleInnovation Innovation where for art thou
I was sitting at the SUNZ conference last week listening to Evan Stubbs talk about Innovation and Analytics and how over the next 3-5 years there will be a marked shortage in Analytical bods, as the...
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What is Amazon doing for Big Data?
I'm brand new here at OptimalBI, and coming from an academic background, it's exciting and daunting to get to grips with new technology and terminology. The buzz word of the moment in our industry is...
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Being Shane Gibson
It’s been a challenging month. Part of the challenge was Shane being away for most of it, so I got be Shane for the month, well at least a bit of him. Which bit? I’m not going there. You can make up...
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BEAM me up: requirements gathering for Agile Data Warehouses
It's the first day of spring here in Wellington, and OptimalHQ is buzzing after our successful first delivery of "An Optimal Introduction to BEAM✲". We spent two sprints developing the course from...
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An Optimal Introduction to BEAM workshop – what’s all the fuss about?
You will have seen blogs from us recently on Agile Data Warehousing and Agile Business Intelligence, even a couple of blogs on a methodology called BEAM - one of the most successful techniques we have...
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New Zealand Open Source Awards 2014
Embracing Open Source has been a key goal of ours at OptimalBI so it's been thrilling this year to start our journey into the Open Source arena alongside our adventures with Open Data. Last week I was...
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4 big reasons go to An Optimal Introduction to BEAM*
Jonathan Sellar ready to BEAM*. One of my jobs at OptimalBI is to be the 'Runner' for our An Optimal Introduction to BEAM* workshops, Victoria tells us what the fuss about BEAM* is here. I do the...
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Tips for your personal and professional development
Are you thinking of undertaking university study as part of your personal or professional development? I took the plunge this year, here's some considerations and tips upon reflection of completing...
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Fish and the importance of bean bags
Have you heard about the Fish Philosophy? It is a way of of looking at work so that you a workforce more engaged in what they are doing. It is based in four ideas; choosing your attitude, playing at...
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Happy holidays from the OptimalBI Bunch
Well it's that time of year again! Christmas and New Year holidays. We hope you have enjoyed our blogs this year, we have really enjoyed sharing and researching a new range of topics. Thanks to...
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Be inspired
Geoff is currently on holiday and asked me to fill in his blog-spot whilst he’s away. When we discussed it, he suggested something that he would not normally write about; so here goes. Inspiration...
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Safe Drive
I’ve just driven half the length of New Zealand in search of sunshine and a gentle breeze. Along the way I noticed a few signs that confused, amused and bemused. The first one read “miniature horse...
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How OptimalSpyglass helps you manage your AWS resources
We wanted a better way to keep track of what we had running on Amazon Web Services so we built OptimalSpyglass. What is OptimalSpyglass? It’s an app we designed to help you see what you have running in...
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Insider’s perspective: Earning a seat at the table
I recently attended the New Zealand SAS user group conference and like every conference I learnt a little, so I thought I would share some of it with you. Just before lunch we were treated to a session...
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Need a desk in Wellington? come take a look at our cool space
OptimalHQ is a pretty special place to work. If you have attended one of our workshops or meetups or just come and visited sometime you will know we have a light, sunny space with a very relaxed look...
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