Here are three segments from the talk "Roles Analysts Play."

Discussing analytical talent challenges and strategies at Stryve Executive Forum, February 2103:

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Discussing the two sides of business analytics at the Consumer Goods Sales & Marketing Summit 2010:

Nightly Business Report commentary on employee computing:

Speaking Topics

Anatomy of an Analytical Enterprise
Organizations that capitalize and compete on analytics can seem a breed apart - always several steps ahead in how they put information to work. From data management to talent supply, from committed leadership to inquisitive culture - the analytical enterprise hits on many cylinders. Bob explores the capabilities and characteristics that distinguish today's and tomorrow's advanced analytical enterprises.

Roles Analysts Play
Bob gives a lively tour of six roles that analysts can play to raise the analytical capabilities of their business colleagues and organizations overall. From Data Demon to Personal Trainer to Community Organizer, today's business-oriented analyst can make a difference in many ways. The roles aren't in today's analyst job descriptions and performance expectations - but they should be.

The People Side of Analytics
With analytics, as with IT initiatives generally, the technology tends to be "the easy part." More difficult propositions can include attracting and retaining skilled analysts, building the analytical appetite and capability of the business organization, and being analytical about talent management. Bob provides fresh perspectives and pragmatic advice on the challenges and opportunities on the people side of analytics.

Briefing - Trends in Corporate Leadership Structure
How to structure the leadership of large corporations remains an active and often controversial question. Should the Chairman and CEO roles be split or combined? What role should an Independent Lead Director play? What are the right and wrong times to change leadership structure? Under pressure from activist shareholders and corporate governance monitors, Boards of Directors must regularly reconsider leadership structure and rationalize the chosen structure. This briefing uses new research on the F100 to draw the leadership landscape - issues, trends, pitfalls and success factors.

Workshop - Building Your Analytical Talent
In a full-day, four-part workshop, Bob equips leaders of analyst groups and analytical enterprises with tools and techniques for assessing and raising the capabilities of both technical and business staff. Each of the sections
      Analytics Supply and Demand
      Analyst Employment Life Cycle
      Leading an Analytical Organization
      Action Plans
incorporates management methods, best-practice examples, and exercises that aggregate into action plans for improving analytical talent supply. While on site for the day, Bob is happy to conduct an additional management briefing on analytical talent.