Delivering Business Analytics: Practical Guidelines for Best Practice

Acknowledgments

This book would have been impossible without the deep support that so many people provided. Thanks are due to Bill Franks, David Hardoon, and Felix Liao for providing their tremendously valuable insight and experience. As is his wont, Peter Kokinakos managed to clarify what was a rather clumsy structure into something that was tighter, punchier, and more persuasive. Thanks must go to Brendon Smyth whose advice fundamentally changed the book’s structure for the better at the eleventh hour.

There are a few people who went far above the call of duty to help me during my editing process. Despite being given a very rough early draft, Marnie MacDonald battled through what was in reality a very fragmented structure to give valuable feedback. Thanks to a shared taxi after a rather serendipitous conference, Warwick Graco somehow managed to tear through one of my late drafts, sparking tremendously valuable thoughts in the process. Neil Fraser was a constant support, providing very detailed feedback and suggestions for further research, without which this book would have greatly suffered.

On a more personal level, I’d also like to thank my sister Cassie who somehow managed to review copy while also getting married, making her own wedding rings, renovating her house, and looking after a rolling progression of friendly dogs. Your feedback helped with this book and the next.

More than anyone else, I’d like to thank my wife Vanessa for her absolutely tireless reading and rereading ...