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        How to network effectively - 7 tips

        Most people hate networking , 7 tips:

        1. Always Give

        When you first meet someone, give them something without asking for anything in return.

        Could be vacation advice you know they’ll appreciate. 

        Or a Linkedin connection to someone they’ll find valuable.

        Don’t wait for someone to give you something. Always give First.

        2. Focus on Them - nothing about yourself

        When you’re networking, focus on the other person and what they want.

        Ask them questions about:

        • their lives

        • their work

        • their vacations

        Don’t talk about yourself.

        3 .Offer Help

        Maybe you don't know what to give. When you meet someone, 

        ask them how you can help them. If you see a problem they’re having, 

        ask how you can help solve it, in a humble manner.

        4. Follow Up

        Most people don’t follow up after their first touch.

        Don’t be one of those people. If you genuinely want to be connected to someone, 

        send a second message,  even if they never responded to the first.

        5. Don’t Keep Score

        When you help someone,  don’t keep track of how many times you help them. 

        Spend that energy helping someone else. Just be generous because you want to be generous.

        6. Be Patient 

        Networking takes time. Don’t expect to meet your dream client , employer or connection overnight. 

        It takes time to build trust and relationships. Don't rush it.

        7. Everyone matters be a connector

        The intern or student who's invisible to most of the crowd. She gets a job at your dream company 9 months later and puts your name in for a job.

        Good thing you made her feel visible. Be a connector

        When someone's capability matches someone else's need — make the connection.

         

        Executives stop ignoring blockchain

        Blockchain has already started to revolutionize ways of doing business, but even CIOs aren’t totally on board, let alone the rest of the executive leadership team, in my opinion this is a huge mistake. You must start experimenting with one of your business processes.

        Startups and leading digital enterprises are nevertheless deploying blockchain to solve problems and create value that conventional, centralized technologies and processes can’t. On example, the cryptocurrency market is now worth around $2 trillion, and nation states and public and private companies own nearly $100 billion of Bitcoin alone.

        A tangible example is a local Montreal company called Shakepay,  a technology company that provides financial applications for building wealth. Canadians from all walks of life — college students to retirees — use Shakepay to connect with the digital economy built on the Internet.They started in 2015, and have had exponential growth, their successful business model has constantly been to create value for its customers . Scalability is how theyre business model expanded without increasing costs to the same extent. Software business models are naturally easier to scale than those based on physical values. The direct marketing approach is excellent , easiest way to buy digital assets using interac transfer and have a good customer service,  they give you a 30$ free bitcoin on first purchase of 100$ or more. 

        Here is the link if your interested and you will get $30 of free bitcoin on your first purchase:  https://shakepay.me/r/ZZPBYOK

        Im suspecting the finance industry is racing to catch up to these startups. Pension funds, insurance, banking want to compete in this new world and profit from it. Their approach will be two-pronged: experimenting with cryptocurrency offerings and lobbying regulators to create rules to officialize the space.

        I am so confident that assets will move to the blockchain because of the efficiencies and enhancements are just too substantial to be ignored even by large corporations like pension funds, banking and insurance as a way to retire in the long run their legacy systems.

        If interested to learn more some free Harvard courses that explain the different concepts of blockchain: http://tech.seas.harvard.edu/free-blockchain

         

         

        Be ready, 2022, will go faster & 4 measurable predictions

        Whether we like it or not, the world is rapidly moving into a technological era, and at an increasing pace. This is essentially changing how businesses are being operated and ultimately, how value is added for customers. In the past, digital transformation was a long process that often took years to achieve for companies due to the many complexities involved. However, nowadays, the shift can be made in a matter of months. This is the acceleration aspect of digital transformation.

        Here is some food for thought, These things or companies didnt exist on Christmas 20 years ago:

        1. IPhone
        2. Facebook
        3. Youtube
        4. Instagram
        5. Twitter
        6. Android
        7. Bitcoin
        8. TikTok
        9. Tesla
        10. Ipad
        11. Google map
        12. Netflix streaming
        13. Amazon Prime
        14. SpaceX
        15. Slack
        16. Skype
        17. Whatsapp
        18. AirBnb
        19. Uber
        20. Linkedin

        This digital transformation has become inevitable for all businesses, but the real question if you dont do anything about it and evolve, you will become extinct. These 20 companies or solutions disrupted and extincted many large cap companies.

        Embrace 2022, we’re entering a time period of exponential rapid change. 

        4 predictions for 2022

        1- To curb emissions and the pandemic showed that it wasn’t necessary to go into the office to be productive , Remote work will rule.

        2- Instead of  Zoom or Team calls, you will interact with coworkers and clients in a virtual environment  that feels real. The metaverse will offer new, exciting opportunities to people. It will be an enhanced work-from-home experience that makes you feel part of the team and not isolated alone in your apartment or home.

        3- Blockchain and crypto will go mainstream and companies will begin to embrace the integration with their legacy offerings. Cryptocurrency will be renamed digital assets.

        4- NFTs — digital tokens that represent ownership of assets and can be traded on blockchain exchanges — will start infiltrating the mortgage market, this will shake up our understanding and comprehension of home ownership.

        Wish all my readers a great 2022, filled with health, happiness and success.

         

         

         

         

         

         

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  • Business Intelligence should not be Hype, use it to answer these 4 golden rules, I included an explanation of the OBIEE Design Architecture with step by step approach to building Reports.

Business Intelligence should not be Hype, use it to answer these 4 golden rules, I included an explanation of the OBIEE Design Architecture with step by step approach to building Reports.

by Alex Antonatos
on 19 October 2018

BI should provide users the data and tools to answer questions that are important to running the part of the business you are responsible for

  1. Determine if the business is on track
  2. Identify where things are going wrong
  3. Take and monitor corrective actions
  4. Spot trends

Below is the OBIEE Standalone Architecture and an overview of its components

 OBIEE Architecture

  • Data Source --Contain the business data, users want to analyze. OBI supports Relational Database, OLAP databases, Flat Files, Spreadsheets, XML files etc .
  • OBI Web Server-- Provides the processing to visualize the information for client consumption.
  • Clients
    • Answers--Provides a self-service analysis platform for analytical needs.
    • Dashboards—Provides a way to organize related information for easy access.
    • Delivers---Used to create Ibots. Delivers alerts to subscribed users. It is integrated with dashboards and answers.
    • BI Analytical Server--- Provides efficient processing , generates dynamic SQL to query data base iin the data sources, structures results to satisfy requests.
    • BI Scheduler---Manages and executes jobs requesting data analytics. Schedules reports to be delivered to users at specified times.

Last week received the following support email

From: **********************************
Sent: March 25, 2013 2:29 PM
To: Alex Antonatos
Subject: OBIEE reports with Answers

Hi Alex,

I am a regular reader of your blog, great website and thank you for sharing your experiences.

We have installed OBIEE and new to BI Answers trying to understand how to create reports with Answers. Can you help us understand the steps required in deploying procurement spent report with Oracle Answers.                                                    

Sincerely,

*******************

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Step by Step approach in building BI reports using Answers

Oracle BI Answers is the Oracle BI interface used to query the organization’s data. They provide answers to business questions. It allows you to explore and interact with information, and present and visualize information using different views.

Answers can be accessed by using URL default area http://OBIServer/analytics/saw.dll?Answers

Step 1: Arrow mark indicates the subject areas accessed by the current user. In my current example I am using Purchasing to respond to the support email above.

 Step 1- BI Answers

Step 2: Once click on the subject area displays the related tables and columns in left side pane

 Step 2- Bi Answers

Step 3: Select the columns from the left side pane.

Step 3- Bi Answers

Step 4: Select the columns from the left side pane.

 Step 4- Bi Answers

Step 5: Save the results in the required folders

 Step 5 - Bi Answers

Then you can view reports in various formats. By selecting the type of report from the drop down, then it will generate the report in that view.

 Sample BI Output

Like always, don’t hesitate to share your experiences/tips with me and the website readers on OBIEE

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