Michael Schrage completed a great piece on analytics for the Harvard Business Review recently asking the question what do you plan to do with your analytics. Schrage detailed the efforts of basketball star LeBron James to utilize analytics to improve his skills. James took a deep dive in the data on his playing, “and an even better and harder look at himself. Then he hired retired NBA legend (Hakeem) Olajuwon — the only player in NBA history to win the MVP, Finals MVP, and Defensive Player of the Year awards in the same season — to help remedy the analytically undeniable flaws and shortcomings of his game. He explicitly linked analytics to his personal/professional transformation.” more »