Building a Data-Driven Culture: Why and How
By John Wysseier, CEO and President, The CEI Group
There’s no doubt that, as The Economist proclaimed in a recent headline: "The world’s most valuable resource is no longer oil, but data."
So, here are the questions a business leader should ask about his or her own company:
- Does your company make the most of its own rich reserve of data?
- Does it recognize all the veins of data deposits?
- Is your company mining all of that data to determine the strength of its business pulse?
- Is your company acting on its data to achieve its strategic goals and to help its valued customers achieve their own goals?
If the answers are “No,” maybe it’s because your company doesn’t possess a data-driven culture.
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Your Car Knows When You Gain Weight
Vehicles collect a lot of unusual data. But who owns it?
Cars produced today are essentially smartphones with wheels. For drivers, this has meant many new features: automatic braking, turn-by-turn directions, infotainment. But for all the things we’re getting out of our connected vehicles, carmakers are getting much, much more: They’re constantly collecting data from our vehicles.
Cars not only know how much we weigh but also track how much weight we gain. They know how fast we drive, where we live, how many children we have — even financial information. Connect a phone to a car, and it knows who we call and who we text.
Read the article at The New York Times
Road Trips Tough With an Electric Vehicle
Electric cars are now sufficient for the overwhelming majority of instances Americans drive.
Their batteries hold enough energy for multiple days’ worth of commutes and around-town errands. There’s one area where today’s electric vehicles fail, however: road trips.
You’ll want to budget two hours at a fast-charging station for a full charge in the 200-plus-mile EVs. For a 500-mile day and three meal breaks, while charging, that’s more than 16 hours. Moderately long drives will end up taking a full day or more.
Read the article at The DC Line.
The World’s First All-Electric Jet-Powered Five-Seater Air Taxi Takes Flight
The world’s first all-electric vertical takeoff and landing passenger jet has been unveiled after completing its maiden flight in the skies over Germany earlier this month.
German startup Lilium aims to have a fleet of the five-seat aircraft — which can operate with a pilot or in drone mode — flying in cities worldwide by 2025, providing a pay-per-ride service that will be emission-free, five times faster than a car and produce less noise than a motorbike. The plane will have a 185-mile range, allowing it to link New York and Boston.
Read the article at The Detroit News.
