You're invited to an evening of networking, learning and fun! Jeanne Harris, Director of Research at the Accenture Institute for High-Performance Business, will share key messages from her new book Competing on Analytics: The New Science of Winning and will explain how many successful organizations are using data creatively to beat the competition. High-performance businesses are now building their competitive strategies around data-driven insights that are, in turn, generating impressive business results. What's their secret weapon? Analytics: a sophisticated quantitative and statistical analysis, and predictive modeling supported by powerful information technology and data-savvy senior leaders.
Also, take a tour of Accenture's Customer Innovation Network. The Accenture Customer Innovation Network is an interactive facility demonstrating the leading-edge concepts and technological innovations that empower customer centricity in the changing marketplace. The center integrates video, solution demos, case studies and expert question-and-answer sessions on a variety of industry-relevant topics.
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Jeanne Harris is senior executive research fellow and director of research at the Accenture Institute for High Performance Business. Ms. Harris is the co-author of
Competing on Analytics: The New Science of Winning (Harvard Business School Press, 2007), which explains how high-performance businesses are building competitive strategies around data-driven insights that are generating impressive business results. She also recently completed a major research study examining how enterprise systems enable analytical decision making, contribute to distinctive capabilities and drive high performance. Other current research topics include the role of innovation showcases in high-performance business, realizing value from enterprise systems and the implications of alternative value models on corporate strategy. Previous research topics include the link between IT and business value, automated decision-making, IT implications of managing intangible assets, information worker productivity, improving managerial performance, knowledge management, business intelligence, building analytic capabilities, customer relationship management, customer-centric strategies, mobile personalization and solutions; she also speaks frequently on these topics to executive audiences.
Ms. Harris's work has been published in numerous business publications including Harvard Business Review and Sloan Management Review. Her research has been quoted extensively by the international business press, including the Wall Street Journal, the Financial Times, Forbes Magazine, CFO Magazine, CIO Magazine, Computerworld and Nihon Keizai Shimbun.
Ms. Harris previously led Accenture's business intelligence, performance management, knowledge management, and data warehousing consulting practices. She has worked extensively with clients in many different industries seeking to improve their managerial information, decision-making, analytical and knowledge management capabilities.
