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Lies, Damn Lies and Google Analytics

16 February, 2010 by James Lawther Leave a Comment

I wasted 2 hours of my life last night wading through this web site’s Google Analytics.  Here is what I found: 7.32% of visitors spend more than half an hour (presumably they are fantasising about pretty cross eyed blonde girls) I have had 7 unique visitors from the USA and 15 from Doncaster, which proves […]

Filed Under: Blog, Operations Analysis Tagged With: data is not information, information technology, measurement

Chasing Happiness

9 February, 2010 by James Lawther Leave a Comment

According to Aldous Huxley “Happiness is not achieved by the conscious pursuit of happiness: it is generally the by-product of other activities.” I think he has a point. This got me thinking, how many different nouns could I substitute in the quote for “Happiness”? 1.  Fun 2.  Money 3.  Love 4.  Acceptance 5.  Success … […]

Filed Under: Blog, Operations Analysis Tagged With: inputs and outputs, measurement

Nothing Hurt But My Ego

2 January, 2010 by James Lawther Leave a Comment

It is a truism that you learn by failing.  I recently bought a pair of clip in shoes for my bicycle.  Everybody told me I would fall over once, they were right, it happened when I came to a stop at some traffic lights at the head of a queue of cars (very embarrassing).  At […]

Filed Under: Blog, Employee Engagement Tagged With: cycling, dopamine, learning, measurement, trust, video, waste

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