Lies, damn lies and statistics, research and opinion polls!

Robert X. Cringely aka Mark Stephens, the distinguished American journalist and author of “Accidental Empires” - an iconoclastic account of the rise of Bill Gates and Steve Jobs (and well worth a read) - wrote, I paraphrase slightly: Journalists use…

‘No comment’ is no answer – 10 golden rules for press interviews, part 3

In my last blog, I spoke about how company executives are at risk of blundering into a controversial or negative comment if they are unsuitably prepared for a press interview, and the topics they should stick to discussing. We’ve been…

Big Data is no data if you collect the wrong data – how an analysis of social media predicted the Trump Presidency

Social analytics predicted Trump's election. Big data is no data if it's wrong data. Pollsters get big wakeup call Forgotten Man & Woman versus Four More Years. Twitter stats you need to know , They'll  shock or rock you Make…

Social media engagement – ‘nice to have’? No way!

An article published by the World Economic forum earlier this year described businesses looking at social media as simply 'nice to have'. At IBA, we often come across B2B organisations that are still guilty of this – and the longer…