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A blog about data, tools, and operating collaborative high performance cultures.

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Aug 12, 2025
Metric Trees As A Way To Align Mental Models

How metric tree enable alignment across the organization

Vijay Subramanian
May 20, 2025
The Disconnect Between Data and the Business

The strange way data tracking chops up the business into pieces!

Vijay Subramanian
Apr 29, 2025
Principles in Serving Data Consumers vs Producers

Examining the key principles building for data consumers versus producers

Vijay Subramanian
Mar 4, 2025
Data's Role in Ideation vs Operation

Formalizing the eternal debate on data-driven versus using judgement

Vijay Subramanian
Feb 26, 2025
Two Distinct Personas in Last Mile Data Consumption

Addressing the needs for the two distinct personas who consume data

Vijay Subramanian
Oct 14, 2024
Analytics is Part Science and Part Engineering

Analytics needs a mix of scientific processes and engineering tools

Vijay Subramanian
Jun 10, 2024
The Powerful Action to Analysis Loop

The powerful loop is action yielding insights driving more action.

Vijay Subramanian
Apr 10, 2024
High vs Low Functioning Data Cultures

High vs low functioning data cultures and associated impact on data ROI

Vijay Subramanian
Feb 15, 2024
Metrics Overload in Business Reviews

"Metrics bloat" is a common challenge to doing effective business reviews

Vijay Subramanian
Jan 29, 2024
Data-Driven: Technical vs Cultural Aspects

Discussing what it means to be a truly data-driven culture

Vijay Subramanian
Dec 21, 2023
Three Distinct Organizational, Analytical Workflows

Diving into React, Explore and Plan - three analytical jobs-to-be-done

Vijay Subramanian
Oct 17, 2023
The Role of Data Teams in Org-Wide Planning

Taking a look at how analytics can power planning processes

Vijay Subramanian
Jun 22, 2023
Metrics - We Have Too Many or Too Few

Utilize metric trees to avoid the "too many/too few" debate.

Vijay Subramanian
Jun 15, 2023
Reporting vs Analytics Cultures Examined

The differences between reporting-first vs analytics-first cultures

Vijay Subramanian
May 16, 2023
Common Pitfalls with Business Reviews

Using metric trees and segments can level up business reviews

Vijay Subramanian
May 5, 2023
Rethinking Self-Service Analytics

Let's re-think self-service as dashboards are just basic service.

Apr 27, 2023
In the data domain, it is Transformations all the way

The different types of data transformations from raw to final

Vijay Subramanian
Mar 15, 2023
Empowering Analysts and Analytics

Analysts are our unsung heroes, and why we need to empower them

Vijay Subramanian
Feb 28, 2023
Demanding Actionable Insights

How do we actually produce actionable insights?

Vijay Subramanian