Juice Analytics

Umm… I don’ think the words of a washed-up hip-hop artist, talking over a montage of sexist video clips, would really turn the tide at my organization. I’m pretty sure the execs here don’t view Hammer as a role model.

He’s not gonna spec-u-late. He’s not gonna let people lie to him. He’s going to let the data speak. Hammer’s as articulate, knowledgeable and passionate about analytics as Tom Davenport. I wish him luck.

Ah, but has it made his music any better? Is he more successful in selling his records? This table here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MC_Hammer#Singles would suggest probably not.

Then again, maybe if he’d had a simple chart of income versus expenditure with projected surplus (or deficit) he could have avoided blowing $30m and becoming a bankrupt with $16m in debts.

This is hilarious! I do think people can learn a lot from this video: it is concise, it shows that Analytics can be used anywhere, and it is amusing. I believe he represents us, Web Analysts, very respectfully

Hammer has made more money is web technologies than he ever did in the 80′s with his music. He has co-founded a company called dancejam.com which is doing quite well. He is not looking to make HIS music any better.

Quoting: “Umm… I don’ think the words of a washed-up hip-hop artist, talking over a montage of sexist video clips, would really turn the tide at my organization. I’m pretty sure the execs here don’t view Hammer as a role model.”

DUDE! Relax!!!! *smh* the clip was hilarious … great post Juice … and it sounds like he’s no fool in terms of analytics.

The point here, from my viewpoint, is that if your marketing leading insurance/software/financial/retail/manufacturing/… company isn’t taking analytics seriously, but MC Hammer is, then just how out of touch are you?