Analytics & Business Intelligence
Is It Possible to Judge Individual Talent in the NFL?
Can an individual football player’s talent be predicted? Wharton professor Cade Massey thinks not.
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Why F1 Mathematicians Should Be Paid More Than Drivers
Are data analysts who develop strategy truly paid what they’re worth?
Ben Shields, Paul Michelman, and James Allen
Analytics & Business Intelligence
So, Do Analytics Actually Work?
Skeptics want to know: How much of a difference do analytics actually make?
Ben Shields, Paul Michelman, and Ben Alamar
Analytics & Business Intelligence
When NHL Best Practices Go Overboard
A look at 1990s hockey defender Larry Murphy holds lessons for team building.
Ben Shields, Paul Michelman, and Tyler Dellow
Analytics & Business Intelligence
Sleep Is the Greatest Legal Advantage in Sports
Sports analytics shows that the best performance enhancer is sleep.
Ben Shields, Paul Michelman, and Kristen Holmes-Winn
Analytics & Business Intelligence
#MITSMRChat: Sports Analytics, Basketball IQ, and Lessons for Leaders
A Twitter chat featuring Ben Alamar examines how sports analytics can inform companies’ use of data.
Desiree Barry
Analytics & Business Intelligence
Do Teams Need to Win to Sell Tickets?
Why do losing teams often out-perform winners at the box office?
Ben Shields, Paul Michelman, and Jessica Gelman
Analytics & Business Intelligence
The Quest to Measure Basketball IQ
Would NBA teams make fewer draft mistakes if they measured basketball IQ?
Ben Shields, Paul Michelman, and Ben Alamar
Analytics & Business Intelligence
From Winning Games to Winning Customers: How Data Is Changing the Business Side of Sports
Sports analytics leaders are now using data to understand fans as well as they know their players.
Elizabeth Heichler
Analytics & Business Intelligence
Integrating Analytics in Your Organization: Lessons From the Sports Industry
The sports industry’s use of analytics on and off the field highlights three key strategies for success.
Ben Shields
Analytics & Business Intelligence
Why Your Company Needs Data Translators
Miscommunications between decision makers and data scientists are common. Enter the data translator.
Chris Brady, Mike Forde, and Simon Chadwick
Data & Data Culture
Stephen Curry, the Golden State Warriors, and the Power of Analytics at Work
A commitment to data-driven decisions is transforming the management of sports. Other industries can — and should — follow suit.
Ben Shields
Analytics & Business Intelligence
Sports Analytics: The NFL Connects with Fans
The NFL’s CIO discusses the organization’s customer-focused approach to big data and analytics.
Michelle McKenna-Doyle (NFL), interviewed by Michael Fitzgerald
Analytics & Business Intelligence
What Businesses Can Learn From Sports Analytics
Research into how the sports world uses data offers five lessons that almost any business could adopt.
Thomas H. Davenport
In Sports, It’s Quants Versus Managers
Where the “gut” instinct of sports managers once ruled, analytic insights are fast becoming standard.
Renee Boucher Ferguson
Analytics & Business Intelligence
Analyzing Performance in Service Organizations
Balanced benchmarking helps companies test their assumptions about service productivity.
H. David Sherman and Joe Zhu
With 3-D Printing, the Shoe Really Fits
New Balance leads the way toward using 3-D printing to make custom shoes.
Michael Fitzgerald
Analytics & Business Intelligence
Team GB: Using Analytics (and Intuition) to Improve Performance
Becoming an elite athlete can have as much to do with talent and skill as with experience and intuition. Data is increasingly part of that mix.
Dr. Marco Cardinale (Team GB), interviewed by Renee Boucher Ferguson
Analytics & Business Intelligence
Wimbledon, Big Data and Business Intuition
IBM SecondSight is being used at Wimbledon to track how players move on the court.
Renee Boucher Ferguson
Analytics & Business Intelligence
Basketball Hot at MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference
Kirk Goldsberry’s research into who the NBA’s best shooter is put him into the sports analytics limelight.