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THE FUTURE OF ANALYTICALCOMPETITION

Approaches Driven by Technology, HumanFactors, and Business Strategy

THROUGHOUT THIS BOOK, WE have largely described the present state of analytical competition. In many cases, the analytical competitors we have identified are ahead of their industries in sophistication and progressive practices and are hence bellwethers leading their peers into the future. In this concluding chapter, we speculate broadly on what analytical competitors of the future will be doing differently.

As William Gibson once noted, the future is already here but unevenly distributed. We’ve already observed leading companies beginning ...

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