What the World Needs Now (Besides Flying Cars)

Plenty of old tv shows, movies and even cartoons forecasted some of the tech that we have today. Although self-driving is coming into the mainstream, flying cars are . . . not so much (and considering the issues with self-driving, maybe that’s a good thing.)

But in a world of crazy amounts of data - googols of data in instantaneous feed with vibrance and texture - we need better data decision making tools.

We need fewer meetings, less email and better situational awareness.

That doesn’t look like better word documents or powerpoint slides or even dashboards.

We need data tools to use with the ease and ubiquity of Microsoft and Google documents but with the quantum leap, past dashboards, into (near) real time, visual, interactive models.

We understand what the commute to work looks like when we see it on our phone (if you’re not Work From Home). Wouldn’t it make sense to have that same instantaneous, rich visualization for business operations and organizations? Wouldn’t it make sense to look at an app that depicts work flows and income/expenses in a vivid, intuitive display? Something you could touch to manipulate source data, make queries point-blank and communicate direction simply and explicitly?

On the other hand, wouldn’t it be absurd if your phone provided a printout of the morning traffic forecast? What if it provided snapshots of what the traffic looked like yesterday to tell what it might look like today? A “dashboard” of the traffic would show what the trends have been and what are potential for today.

We need data condensed to see and assess in seconds that it gives contextual information.

We need to see data as a whole while being able to directly connect to the data sources.

We need to use the third and fourth dimension of data.

It should be as easy as . . . growing a virtual house plant.