The benefits for building analytical excellence in your organization took center stage in our latest Statistically Speaking event: The March 25 offering of Building a Culture of Analytic Excellence attracted 1,400 registered attendees and is sure to secure many, many more contacts when the on-demand event becomes available.
The event’s keynote address was delivered by Loren Perelman VP of Science at Riffyn. After his talk, Perelman was joined by Andre Argenton of Dow and Kumar Subramanyan of Unilever to discuss how the best organizations succeed because they embrace both traditional and modern methods of analysis, like statistically designed experiments and machine learning.
To help JMP sales team engage in more meaningful and productive post-event conversations with customers and prospects, we’ve created the following list of recommended resources to position now that the event has concluded. This list pulls appropriate assets from across our web site.

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Lead your organization to analytic excellence Statistically Speaking
In this Stat Speaking event Tom Lange reflects on his time as a Director of R&D at Procter & Gamble, sharing what he learned about organizational cultures of analytic excellence. Lange talks about the how we can all lead and shape decision making through the power of analytics; the six elements of leadership and a framework for analytics in the digital age. The subsequent panel discussion includes Lange, Sarah Kalicin from Intel and Ted Ellefson of Seagate. They provide real-world examples of how they use collaborative analytics throughout the enterprise to solve engineering, development and manufacturing problems faster, sustain innovation and maintain a competitive edge.
Building analytics communities across the enterprise Article from JMP Resource Center
In this article, which will appear in the upcoming issue of JMP Foreword, Alex Pamatat of NXP Semiconductors explains how his company empowers its people to use analytics throughout the organization. Alex is an IT Solutions Manager for Advanced Analytics at NXP and talks specifically about how he’s embedded and expanded JMP at his company.
Whirlpool spins a culture of analytics, Customer Success Story
This success story is a little older (2013), but it really does provide a strong story about a larger company ensuring full adoption of analytics across their organization. Story documents how Whirlpool uses JMP in Six Sigma Black Belt and Green Belt training that supports its Operation Excellence program. Also discusses how analysts communicate data-driven concepts and spread a culture of continuous improvement all centered around JMP as their tool of choice.
How Do You Build a Great Analytic Culture? Analytically Speaking
Anne Milley hosts this Analytically Speaking talk featuring JMP’s Jon Weisz and Lou Valente. They talk about building your organizations skills in analytics and how analysts should be doing to encourage people to design and conduct experiments.
Just Add Water… Article from JMP Resource Center
In this article, which will appear in the upcoming issue of JMP Foreword, Tim Gardner shows how applying designed experiments can turn something as simple as “adding a little water” into an operational gain worth hundreds of thousands of dollars per run. The article highlights how the improvements were made possible through collaborative colleagues willing to test the unexpected, access to an aggregated data set of unusual quality and accessibility, and a few good hours with JMP.
The key elements to create and promote a data-driven culture Statistically Speaking
This Stat Speaking event features thought leaders who have helped major companies build cultures of analytic excellence. Kenan-Flagler Business School professor Bradley Staats is the keynote speaker, then he is joined by Sameer Vittal of GE Gas Power and Gregory S. Nelson, author of The Analytics Lifecycle Toolkit. Major topics include creating a shared vision, constancy of purpose and continual reinforcement. It also talks about tools, like JMP, to facilitate and encourage the use of analytics and to train people in their effective use. The panel discusses how to make a compelling business case for analytics projects, put together multidisciplinary teams, choose a proof of concept, and gather the right tools and competencies for success.
Analytics upskilling transforms an organization on the move Customer Success Story
This customer story highlights ParkerLORD, who in just 18 months, access to JMP – and JMP training from SAS Education – accelerated a cultural shift toward fast-paced, data-driven, precise innovation. Early benchmarking showed cost savings and faster experimentation times, which have a direct impact on costs of goods sold – and lead the industry with cutting-edge performance. These successes have persuaded Parker LORD leadership to expand JMP use at sites around the world.
Never Stop Learning, Book Chapter
This chapter by Bradley Staats a behavioral scientist and operations professor at the University of North Carolina’s Kenan-Flagler Business School builds on the theme of growing into your purpose. Staats argues that in order to succeed, we must strive to be dynamic learners. The chapter explores the important role others play in our learning success, including their influence on our motivation and on determining what and how we learn. He encourages seeking out people who have information and experiences different from yours and building successful relationships.