{"id":22445,"date":"2017-03-12T16:00:18","date_gmt":"2017-03-12T21:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/?p=22445"},"modified":"2017-03-13T07:17:50","modified_gmt":"2017-03-13T12:17:50","slug":"big-data-are-we-improving-with-better-data","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/big-data-are-we-improving-with-better-data\/22445\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Data: Are We Improving with Better Data?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"a296a24fa2fc69ef5487857f02f111e8\" data-index=\"9\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Single Post readerboard -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:inline-block;width:728px;height:90px\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-8207522353004717\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1144967431\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/bigdata-businessdevelopment-innovation-leansixsigma-shmulablog.jpg\" alt=\"big data, business development, innovation, lean six sigma, shmula blog\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-22446 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/bigdata-businessdevelopment-innovation-leansixsigma-shmulablog.jpg 800w, https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/bigdata-businessdevelopment-innovation-leansixsigma-shmulablog-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/bigdata-businessdevelopment-innovation-leansixsigma-shmulablog-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/bigdata-businessdevelopment-innovation-leansixsigma-shmulablog-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We sent men to the moon in 1969 on a tiny fraction of the data that&#8217;s in the average laptop.\u00a0The amount of digital data in the universe is growing at an exponential rate, doubling every two years, and changing how we live in the world.\u00a0Big data has almost limitless potential. Already, big data is doing everything from decoding DNA strands to predicting disease patterns, to suggesting what movies we might want to watch online.<\/p>\n<p>There is a range of data that provides the raw information about business processes. Data, for example, might illustrate how a process is running, include accounting information, technical process data and customer information. This performance data can be entered into spreadsheets; although this data might help to provide a better understanding of the business, it does not always contribute to making business decisions.<\/p>\n<h2>Harnessing the Power of Big Data<\/h2>\n<p>This innovative TED Talk is delivered by Kenneth Cukier. Cukier is the Data Editor of The Economist. From 2007 to 2012 he was the Tokyo correspondent, and before that, the paper&#8217;s technology correspondent in London, where his work focused on innovation, intellectual property and internet governance. 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