When my partner, Tadd Wood, and I started Contemporary Analysis we decided that we were going to focus on developing a great final product, instead of focusing offering our products at a low cost or focusing great customer service. Not that our prices or our customer services is lacking, but that they are not our focus. We did this because I learned from owning previous businesses that people care about price before they sign the contract, they care about customer service when the product is being delivered, but once the final product is delivered all they care about is the quality of deliverable.
We identified three key principals that we use when building our final deliverables:
- We focus on providing answers to our clients most important business questions.
- Our methodology is designed to provide reliable answers to real businesses.
- We provide answers to our clients’ questions so that they get immediate tasks to improve their business in addition to greater understanding.
The core of these principals is to focus on our clients needs and not their wants. This has been really difficult because what our clients need is answers to their business questions. While it is easy to get distracted by flashy tools, cool visualization and interactive interfaces, at the end of the day our client’s just want answers to their business questions. This is why we decided to refocus business intelligence as presented in the business industry.