Leadership Wednesday | Hello Tech Pros

Bill Schmarzo is the CTO of EMC's Big Data Consulting Practice and a frequent industry speaker, a blogger, a professor at the University of San Francisco School of Management as well as an author. Schmarzo wrote "Big Data MBA: Driving Business Strategies with Data Science" and "Big Data: Understanding How Data Powers Big Business". Show notes at http://hellotechpros.com/bill-schmarzo-people/ Key Takeaways The companies who are successful with Big Data addressed the cultural or people issues. How do we get people engaged in the process so that we're delivering the analytics in a way that is actionable to our stakeholders? Many companies tend to start with implementing Hadoop and then waiting for magic to happen. It doesn't happen. Data science is really identifying the variables and metrics that MIGHT be a better predictor of performance. "Might" is a license to be wrong and in many companies the idea of wrong is bad. In the BI space, the IT departments over promised and under deliveredwhich has lead bu