Business Reviews Cannot be a Collection of Dashboards
It's not productive for business reviews to be driven by a collection of dashboards
Potential Issues with Metrics-Obsessed Cultures
Examining issues that arise from metrics-driven cultures and possible remediations
Four Distinct Personas in the Data Domain
The data domain is shaped by personas with differing skills and needs
Strong and Weak Data and Finance Teams
The key differences between strong and weak data and finance team cultures
The Disconnect Between Data and the Business
The strange way data tracking chops up the business into pieces!
Principles in Serving Data Consumers vs Producers
Examining the key principles building for data consumers versus producers
Data's Role in Ideation vs Operation
Formalizing the eternal debate on data-driven versus using judgement
Two Distinct Personas in Last Mile Data Consumption
Addressing the needs for the two distinct personas who consume data
Analytics is Part Science and Part Engineering
Analytics needs a mix of scientific processes and engineering tools
The Powerful Action to Analysis Loop
The powerful loop is action yielding insights driving more action.
High vs Low Functioning Data Cultures
High vs low functioning data cultures and associated impact on data ROI
Metrics Overload in Business Reviews
"Metrics bloat" is a common challenge to doing effective business reviews
Data-Driven: Technical vs Cultural Aspects
Discussing what it means to be a truly data-driven culture
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Three Distinct Organizational, Analytical Workflows
Diving into React, Explore and Plan - three analytical jobs-to-be-done
The Role of Data Teams in Org-Wide Planning
Taking a look at how analytics can power planning processes
Metrics - We Have Too Many or Too Few
Utilize metric trees to avoid the "too many/too few" debate.
Reporting vs Analytics Cultures Examined
The differences between reporting-first vs analytics-first cultures
Common Pitfalls with Business Reviews
Using metric trees and segments can level up business reviews
Rethinking Self-Service Analytics
Let's re-think self-service as dashboards are just basic service.
In the data domain, it is Transformations all the way
The different types of data transformations from raw to final
More Dashboards != Analytics-Driven Culture
Fewer dashboards, more metric analytics please!
Empowering Analysts and Analytics
Analysts are our unsung heroes, and why we need to empower them
Demanding Actionable Insights
How do we actually produce actionable insights?
Analytics Evolutionary Steps
This post outlines key evolutionary steps for a strong analytics practice.
Long live metric transformations!
How the "report" is woefully inadequate for modern teams.
