Value of Information
Articles from the LINQ blog on value of information.

Efficiency Tells You What a Process Costs. It Won’t Tell You What It’s Worth
Thom Hornback has spent two decades running large implementation projects inside big organisations. Six Sigma black belt, PMP, and someone who thinks hard about the people side of change. When he…
Your information assets – the value-liability ledger
Your information assets are one of the most valuable assets your business has – second only to your people. Today, global accounting practises do not enable the value of those assets to be…
Do you have a data resilience plan?
Data.gov website and services are now unavailable across the US due to the government shut-down. This is surely having a huge impact to many people inside organisations all around the world that…
How to monetize your information assets in seven steps
This post has been adapted from Gartner’s Applied Infonomics: Seven Steps to Monetize Available Information Assets paper – November 2018, which is available in full from Gartner here:…
Spend money to make money
Over 2,000 years ago the great Roman playwright Plautus said “You must spend money to make money” Is this true? Is the only way to make it in this world to have money to start with? Of course it’s…
A drive towards Data Literacy
Data Literacy…a term that is growing in acceptance through the data & information community and also becoming accepted as a core competency in the arena of enabling Digital Transformation. Don’t…
Applied Infonomics Webinar Recording
Last week, we ran our first ever webinar on Applied Infonomics! We’ve tried before and failed to get anyone to register, so this time, having 26 people sign-up was a huge step forward for us.…
Cost Allocation – How much does Information Cost?
LINQ’s Cost Allocation is an important new capability which establishes an economic baseline for your information ecosystem. The Problem Imagine a factory where the Directors have no idea what the…
The Power of Information Flow Modelling – Part 4
In this series of blog posts, we are exploring how a greater understanding of your information assets can help drive business value through by enabling successful digital transformation. The…
The Power of Information Flow Modelling – Part 2
In Part 1 we talked about the role Information Flow Modelling (IFM) has to play in a business which is having to respond to the new pressures presented by the digital economy. We also put some…
The road to Digital Transformation is dark and full of terrors…
The road to digital transformation is dark and full of terrors…or so many would have you believe… It’s true that today’s organisations face more challenges than at any point in history, which will…
Information Waste and Compliance Efficiency
Why does your organisation use Information? There are two reasons: supporting your core business and compliance. How do you differentiate between these different purposes? How do you measure not…
LINQ – An Infonomics platform
We’ve been reading Doug Laney’s new book Infonomics. You should too! It’s available on Amazon here. Doug is a vice president and distinguished analyst at Gartner’s Chief Data Officer practice. He…
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