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Articles, research notes, policy briefs, and analysis from SDS. We write about the problems we work on — analytics, AI, compliance, healthcare systems, and decision intelligence.
The problem isn't the dashboards. It's that most dashboards are built to display data, not to support decisions. We explore what decision-oriented BI actually looks like.
An analysis of common compliance gaps in East African financial institutions, with practical recommendations for improving AML systems and processes.
Most AI projects fail because they solve the wrong problem. We propose a simple framework for identifying where applied AI creates real value — and where it doesn't.
How distributed health systems can achieve meaningful data interoperability without enterprise-grade infrastructure — lessons from real implementations.
Predicting churn is only half the problem. The real value is in understanding why customers leave — and using that insight to change the product, not just the marketing.
Most research reports collect dust. We explore how to structure research as a product — designed around the decisions the reader needs to make, not the data the researcher collected.
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