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Business intelligence vs. predictive analytics: Turn key differences into advantages

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It encompasses data mining, data visualization, performance benchmarking, and descriptive analytics—techniques for parsing data to generate reports, performance measures and trends to reveal insights and make better business decisions. Business intelligence answers the questions, “who are our most valuable/least valuable customers?”

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How My Company Created an Apprenticeship Program to Help Diversify Tech

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In January 2017 we partnered with Colleen Showalter from the local Boys and Girls Club (BGC) in Portland, Oregon, and asked if they would help us recruit new talent, ages 18 and above, from underrepresented groups. They recruited a group of 30 individuals, ages 18-20, who expressed interest in the program.

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How One Company Made Its Analytics Investment Pay Off

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Second, the ABU team is paid using variable compensation, based on projects that have been fully implemented and based on their ROI. Recruited employees had: (1) significant quantitative strength; (2) negotiating skills and diplomacy; (3) the ability to communicate with the business lines; and (4) entrepreneurial instincts.

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6 ways to renew (and stick to!) your CX vows

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Yes, tracking metrics will help to prove ROI to key stakeholders throughout your organization, but it will also likely reveal additional aspects of your CX transformation strategy that require adjustments. 3 questions to ask during this step: What metrics will you use to benchmark and improve the customer experience?

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