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Be the change you want to see

During his life, Mahatma Gandhi led a life that just about anyone can admire. One of his most famous quotes was:

Be the change you want to see in the world

While we cannot all live the life of the Mahatma in our professional lives, Len Silverston asks the question:

What would happen if we starting sharing data instead of hoarding it?

In his article - Data "Mining" versus Data "Ours"ing, Silverston provides an interesting look at why business intelligence, and other types of projects, succeed or fail based on our ability to see beyond our own "backyard".

Check it out and see if you can do some "our-ing" instead of some "mining" with your data.

NOTE - Len would ask "why can't we all use Gandhi as an example in our professional lives?" And I really don't have a good answer for that... Other than to say often people take a different tack from John F Kennedy and do things "not because they are hard; but because they are easy..." :)

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