http://www.redpillsolutions.com/blog Just another WordPress weblog Thu, 29 Nov 2007 04:46:24 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Interesting paper written by two economists on adjusting the top 50 batsmen ranking based not just on the Averages but also adjusting for consistency and value of score to team. Bottom line any way you break the numbers Bradman comes out on top. http://www.redpillsolutions.com/blog/?p=49 Everyone has their own little choice for all types of products and services, be it soaps, coffee, chocolates or cars. Obviously the preference becomes much stronger, distinct and refined as you move towards durable goods like car, TV set, home theatre etc.  As long as there are choices in a ... http://www.redpillsolutions.com/blog/?p=48 I was reading the book Super Crunchers. It is an entertaining survey of the power of Analytics and how data driven decision making is supplanting expert advise not just in business but more interestingly even in Government Programs. One of the things that we keep hearing from a lot of our ... http://www.redpillsolutions.com/blog/?p=47 I went out with some of my friends last week for a few drinks and we started discussing the wonderful trip to Bali we had earlier this year. I remember there were some wonderful shots taken and I asked one of them whether I could have some of the photographs. ... http://www.redpillsolutions.com/blog/?p=46 I remember an advertisement that Nokia ran in Business Today several years ago. It must have been the late 90s. Proclaiming features such as 30 hours of battery backup and a monochrome LCD, the phone, a Nokia 2110, cost about INR 40,000 then. Flip back to 10 years later. With ... http://www.redpillsolutions.com/blog/?p=44 There is a nice article on FT on how Consultants and Advisors are increasingly speaking the same language. Money quote: "The traditional differences between life inside a business and a consultancy are also breaking down. Consultancy once meant travel and long hours, compared with a more comfortable and predictable life in-house. The ... http://www.redpillsolutions.com/blog/?p=43 A few days ago, I received an email from Sprint, theUS phone service provider. They have started something called the Sprint Ambassador Program, in which they offer a bunch of freebies in return for, well, nothing. Here's what they wrote: We recently launched the Sprint Power Vision (SM) Network and want ... http://www.redpillsolutions.com/blog/?p=41 Digitalization and data analysis are going to rock your (music) world! It is quite a known fact that banks analyze their existing customer data in various means. These include risk analysis, profitability analysis, scorecards, and propensity models, all in order to better understand their customers and subsequently maximize returns. However, as data ... http://www.redpillsolutions.com/blog/?p=34 RedPillars are a loquacious bunch!  Opinionated as well.  The "C" Business Forum gives RedPillars the opportunity to share their thoughts on everything to do with the "customer".  Some posts may be inspired by project work, others may be rooted in current events or hot business books. Look forward to posts from ... http://www.redpillsolutions.com/blog/?p=30