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Innovation Articles by Michael Bagalman

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Beyond the Resume: Crafting a Winning Quality of Hire Strategy

You've just onboarded a candidate who seemed perfect on paper. Her credentials sparkled, recommendations glowed, and her interview performance had you...
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Charting the Course: Enhancing Executive Dashboards with Control Charts

You're an executive, sitting in your corner office, sipping your morning coffee (or perhaps something stronger, no judgment here). Suddenly, you're am...
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The Blockbuster Blunder: A Cautionary Tale of Strategy Gone Wrong

In 2010, Blockbuster filed for bankruptcy with nearly $1 billion in debt. Just a decade earlier, they had confidently declined an offer to purchase Ne...
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The Art of Asking: A Data Scientist’s Guide to Stakeholder Interactions

Ever feel like a human dashboard? Welcome to the life of a data scientist, where stakeholders often mistake us for walking analytics platforms with an...
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Building the Right Data & Insights Team

You've heard it before: Data is the new oil. Just as crude oil needs refining to become valuable, data must be processed to unlock its potential. Ente...
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Your Blurry Business Picture: Sharpen Focus with Data Science

Pictures are the lingua franca of our age, transcending barriers... they say a picture's worth a thousand words, and in this digital epoch, we all bec...