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Four Stories of Putting Our People First

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“It’s all about the people.”

It seems like every business claims to be “all about people.” Whether it’s a slogan on their website or something in their mission statement, lobby signage, or business cards, the “people” idea isn’t new. But here at IntelliGenesis, when we say it’s all about the people, me mean it. We’re not just invested in what our employees can do for us, we’re here to help them advance their careers, do what they love, and ultimately grow as people. Our staff are like a family, in fact, that’s just what we call our team. In this blog we thought we’d put our money where our mouth is and share just a few stories from over the years of how our commitment to people has not only helped our staff, it’s helped our business.

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Beyond the Job Search: Why Supporting Transitioning Veterans is a Family Affair

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At IntelliGenesis, Veterans Day holds a special place in our hearts not only because we recognize and honor the sacrifice our men and women in uniform have made for our country but also because many of us – 60% in fact – are veterans ourselves. And while many companies support veterans during their transition into civilian life, we truly believe that unless you’ve been through it, you simply can’t imagine the many complexities and challenges that come with the transition out of active duty. We know that having a career is only one piece of the puzzle and have sought to help transitioning veterans with the entire scope of lifestyle change. Here’s what we mean.

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Combatting the Skills Gap with a Culture of Learning

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While the national unemployment rate is at a 10-year low, headline after headline warns college grads and employers alike of the “skills gap” plaguing most industries. In fact, according to McKinsey & Co., nearly 40% of American employers struggle to find candidates with the skills they need and almost 60% cite lack of preparation, even for entry-level jobs. To combat this, many companies are responding by creating their own learning opportunities, which will in turn prepare staff – and the organization as a whole – for the labor market of tomorrow. But it’s not only about skills, it’s also about creating a culture of growth and training to aid in retention and engagement for the workforce as a whole.

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Analytics Without Application is Just a Virtual Paperweight

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By Guy Howard

The ability to collect and store exponentially increasing amounts of data has opened doors to a whole new world of information. Take sports, for example. Did you know that the two fastest touchdown runs in the NFL last season were both by Leonard Fournette at over 20 MPH? Or that Tomas Satoransky of the Wizards was almost as good on open 3 pointers as Kevin Durant (57% to 53%)? How about the fact that pitch framing cost the Phillies 17 runs more than the average team last season?

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U.S. Cyber Command’s Escalation to COCOM

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Written By: An IntelliGenesis Cyber Specialist

During my 12-month tenure as Cyber-Lead, I’ve been tracking some major movements in the Cyber-arena. In celebration of October Cyber Month, the following are highlights of recent changes in the Cyber-battlefield having huge impacts on the future of Cyber rules of engagement (ROE) as we know it.

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Resorts Using Big Data, Analytics, and Social Media to Improve Customer Experience

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Written By: An IntelliGenesis AI Specialist It seemed only appropriate for this newsletter to talk about resorts! I’ll even start with Velas Resorts. In 2011, Velas Resorts ran a promotion in which they gave away a free wedding package valued at about $13,000. To enter the contest, all you had to do was Like their Facebook page. The contest ran for about 6 weeks, and in that time they received nearly 7000 Likes, 700 Twitter followers, and thousands of page views. For reference, Doritos aired a 30 second commercial at Super Bowl 50 at a cost of $5 million, and is estimated to have gained 7000 Twitter followers. So Velas Resorts got 10% of the impact for less than 1% of the money. It’s clear that social media is a phenomenal way for smaller companies to make big leaps in building their brand. We all know that businesses are gathering and using more data than ever about their customers to provide better products and services. Hotels and resorts are no exception. What’s unique about hospitality organizations is that they can leverage this data to provide better service on an individual level.

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Small Ways to Prevent Expensive Problems: Tips and Tricks for Digital Security

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“Big hacks” are commonplace these days – Target in 2013, Sony in 2014, and most recently, the DNC during the 2016 presidential election. These large-scale attacks are devastating, however, seemingly minor hacks, in mass, are just as damaging. Although the highly publicized hacks are more visible, countless medium and small businesses (and individuals) fall to hacks each day. Whether the door to your crown jewels is left wide open or you simply have an unlocked window in your digital “house,” a vulnerability is a vulnerability, no matter how large.

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Gleaning Information from Multiple Haystacks: Unstructured Data Analysis

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Written By: An IntelliGenesis Senior All-Source Intelligence Analyst This is what most of our days consist of– large unruly sets of non-sense that we must make sense. Or that used to be the case, more than likely nowadays we are looking at multiple haystacks of data. Some of those will be kind to us and have some form of structure, most will not. It is said that by the year 2020, the amount of digital data will breach 40 zettabytes. We all know some form of structured data–from banking records and medical records to inventory stock lists. The data within each cell for instance will be formatted in a single fashion (think a UPC code or serial number) and it can only ever be that format. Unstructured data on the other hand is structured data’s unruly cousin Eddy. It will contain some bit of information that you need, but it will not be in a well-defined field nor will it be consistently formatted throughout. Now imagine taking the structured data and trying to link it via one of its edges to the table of cousin Eddy data. You would end up just as crazy as Clark.

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