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Unlocking the Power of HubSpot: Connecting Gemini, Mastering the API, and Exporting to Power BI
In the highly competitive world of B2B revenue operations, data is either your greatest strategic accelerator or your most frustrating operational bottleneck. High-growth organizations can no longer afford to let customer interactions sit in isolated silos. To scale company revenue and achieve rapid, sustainable growth, businesses must seamlessly connect their Customer Relationship Management (CRM) platform with state-of-the-art artificial intelligence and advanced business i

Eric Huang
4 hours ago5 min read


AAARL 10 Levels of Gen AI Mastery Framework: A Roadmap from Asking Basic Questions to Enterprise AI Infrastructure
In our work consulting with executive teams, enterprise teams, and public organizations, the single most frequent question we receive is no longer, "What is Gen AI?" but rather, "How do we actually build a structured, safe, and scalable capability roadmap around it?"
To bridge this gap, Advanced Analytics and Research Lab (AAARL) developed the 10 Levels of Gen AI Mastery.

Eric Huang
4 days ago5 min read


Data and AI Foundations: From Chaos to Clarity
Across the enterprise landscape, an overwhelming sense of urgency surrounds Artificial Intelligence. Leaders read headlines about autonomous agents and generative tools, then immediately task their teams with deploying cutting-edge models. Yet in boardroom after boardroom, the outcome is often the same: expensive pilot programs stall, algorithms hallucinate or produce conflicting metrics, and executive confidence collapses. To unlock actual enterprise value, organizations mus

Eric Huang
Sep 183 min read


A Framework for Tech Investment: Build Process vs Build Application vs Buy vs Use AI
Every week, I speak with executives trying to map out their technology and AI strategies for 2027. A common question I hear is, "Should we use AI for this?" While Generative AI is incredibly powerful, it isn’t a silver bullet for every operational bottleneck. Sometimes you need an LLM; sometimes you need a predictive dashboard; and sometimes, you just need to buy an existing software license. To help our clients avoid costly missteps, we use a simple framework to determine wh

Eric Huang
Sep 153 min read


Build vs. Buy AI in 2026: Why the Old Rules No Longer Apply
Even though DIY for AI is getting easier and easier, it's also getting more and more complicated.

Eric Huang
Sep 94 min read


Mastering Residential Leasing Analytics: Leveraging Yardi Data Connect and Power BI
In the fast-paced residential real estate sector, tracking operational data effectively dictates portfolio profitability. For many property management firms, valuable leasing data remains trapped inside legacy software environments or gets siloed into static month-end spreadsheets. To drive occupancy and optimize operations, forward-thinking asset managers are shifting toward automated, real-time analytics by pairing Yardi Data Connect (YDC) with Microsoft Power BI. Deployi
AAARL
Jul 83 min read


Unlocking Residential Real Estate Insights: Power BI and Yardi Data Connect
For residential real estate firms, data is your most valuable asset—but only if you can actually use it. For years, asset managers and reporting teams have struggled with siloed information, relying on manual CSV exports from Yardi Voyager and static month-end spreadsheets. By the time leadership reviews the portfolio metrics, the data is often already stale. Enter Yardi Data Connect (YDC) combined with Microsoft Power BI. At Advanced Analytics and Research Lab (aaarl.ca),

Eric Huang
Jul 82 min read


Inventory Management - Q vs. P Systems
This blog goes into the details of two inventory management systems: The Fixed Order Quantity (Q) and Fixed Order Period (P) systems.
michaelwoolfson
Sep 23, 20224 min read


Three Easy Steps to get your Organization Started with Data Analytics
Three easy steps for any organization to get started with data and analytics.
michaelwoolfson
May 27, 20223 min read


Analytics and AI in Residential Real Estate Pricing
This blog will focus on the how and the why of using analytics and AI to better price residential real estate units.
michaelwoolfson
Apr 29, 20224 min read


How To: HR / People Analytics
Human capital is one of the key driving forces of success within any company. Undoubtedly, organizations that strategically attract...
michaelwoolfson
Apr 14, 20223 min read


How To: Marketing Analytics
Learn the basics of marketing analytics and how you can incorporate it into your organization today!
michaelwoolfson
Mar 4, 20223 min read


Customer Segmentation with RFM analysis - Explained
This post goes over how you can perform a customer segmentation analysis to help improve your business's marketing efforts.
michaelwoolfson
Jan 28, 20223 min read


Analytics for Non-Profit's: Fundraising
As organizations go through digital transformation – the topics of data, data analytics, Artificial Intelligence, machine learning, and...
michaelwoolfson
Jan 21, 20223 min read
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