Thomas Otter

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Scrabble and HR

September 7th, 2009 · 3 Comments

Photo via the cc of sgt. PepperedJane. thanks!
To score well at Scrabble, you need to look at the score, not the just word. Long words across the board might look good, but unless they land on double or triples, you simply waste letters and open up the board for the others to score. Literary [...]

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Tags: HR · measurement

Via a comment via a link. The three sexy skills of data geeks.

June 8th, 2009 · 1 Comment

Readers of this blog and my Gartner research will know that I am a big fan of analytics. Not the really the tools, but the skills to take numbers and turn them into something useful. I’m not a statistician, but I know several. I’m even friends with a couple (meaning, in this instance, more than [...]

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Tags: measurement · software industry · visualization

Accounting’s big problem according to Archibald.

February 23rd, 2009 · 5 Comments

Though your balance-sheet’s a model of what balance-sheet should be, Typed and ruled with great precision in a type that all can see;
Though the grouping of the assets is commendable and clear,
And the details which are given more than usually appear;
Though investments have been valued at the sale price of the day,
And the auditor’s certificate [...]

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Tags: HCM · HR · finance · measurement