Putting the "I" Back into BI
Situation Over the past few months there has been a trend to move from referring to "large language models" (LLM) to just "language models". The reason for that is the recognition that small language models (SLM) have clear advantages under certain situations. So "language model" is inclusive of both. And of course, as soon as … Continue reading Long Live LLMs! The Central Knowledge System of Analogy
“Context engineering” is emerging as the evolutionary step over prompt engineering. It's the deliberate design of everything an AI system can access before it produces an answer. The goal is to make it work on the right problem, with the right facts, under the right constraints. That is, by mitigating "context drift" as the AI … Continue reading Context Engineering and My Two Books
The transactional unit of meaningful human to human communication is a story. It's the incredibly versatile, somewhat scalable unit by which we teach each other meaningful experiences. Our brains recorded stories well before any hints of our ability to draw and write. We sit around a table or campfire sharing stories, not mere facts. We … Continue reading Stories are the Transactional Unit of Human-Level Intelligence
The phrase “thinking outside the box” traces back to a deceptively simple puzzle: nine dots arranged in a 3×3 grid. The challenge is to draw four straight lines through all the dots without lifting your pencil. Most people fail at first because they instinctively keep their lines inside the square boundary implied by the dots. … Continue reading Outside of the Box AI Reasoning with SVMs
Long ago when scaling database capacity wasn't as easy as upping (or downing) configuration settings through a user-friendly admin Web page (like the "T-shirt size" with Snowflake), highly-skilled DBAs were a luxury at smaller enterprises, and people at work used to go to Happy Hour in droves, a funny thing might happen at pau hana … Continue reading Correlation is a Hint Towards Causation
If your entry into the business intelligence (BI) game began after around 2010, it could be difficult to appreciate the value of OLAP cubes (referring mostly to SQL Server Analysis Services MD, ca. 1998-2010), those aggregations, and that MDX query language. In fact, you may have a negative impression of those relics, those "cubes", based … Continue reading The Ghost of OLAP Aggregations – Part 1 – Pre-Aggregation
Enterprise Intelligence and Time Molecules link through the Tuple Correlation Web. Introduction The main takeaway of this blog is an explanation of how my two books, Enterprise Intelligence (June 21, 2024) and the more recently published Time Molecules (June 4, 2025), connect. Time Molecules is a follow-up to my first book, Enterprise Intelligence. It connects … Continue reading BI-Extended Enterprise Knowledge Graphs
Introduction: Structuring OODA Loop for Real-World Decision Intelligence Decision-making isn’t just about research—it also involves adapting to change faster than the competition, seizing what can be ephemeral openings for opportunity. The OODA loop—Observe, Orient, Decide, Act—is a well-known model for this, originally developed for military strategy but applicable everywhere from business intelligence to AI-driven automation. … Continue reading Beyond Ontologies: OODA Loop Knowledge Graph Structures
I'm in the middle of prepping for my two sessions at Data Modeling Zone 2025 (March 4-6, 2025). Both sessions are very tightly packed with still so much more to say. So I thought I'd write a blog on key takeaways for attendees to read prior to the sessions. One of my sessions is essentially … Continue reading Key Takeaways from My Two Upcoming DMZ 2025 Sessions
I’m excited to announce that I will be speaking at the Data Modeling Zone 2025 (DMZ) in Phoenix. It will be happening from Tuesday, March 4, 2025 through Thursday, March 6, 2025. I have two sessions lined up: Enterprise Intelligence Overview (Tuesday, March 4, 2025 9:00am-12:30pm): A three-hour live-version of my book Enterprise Intelligence. This … Continue reading I’m Speaking at DMZ 2025 -Sample from my Talk – NFA
Soft Coded Logic 