Dashboards Fail as Storytellers and Here’s Why
How many times have you seen a dashboard tell a good story? Despite everyone’s best intentions, dashboards consistently fail at telling compelling stories. As someone who has spent years building and …
Strengthen Your Business Cases with Better Data Storytelling
From Brainstorm to Boardroom: The Missing Link in Innovation At a recent leadership conference, I overheard C-suite executives discussing their enthusiasm for employee innovation programs. They descri…
Beyond Answers: The Art of True Business Insights
Part 2 of 3 in The True Nature of Business Insights Series In Part 1, I explored how the misuse of the term “insight” has created a crisis across many organizations. Answers masquerading as insights w…
The Pursuit of Authentic Data Insights
In 2008 “The X-Files: I Want to Believe” hit movie theatres. There was a new mystery that needed to be solved: “The best team for the job were ex-agents Fox Mulder and Dr. Dana Scully”. In business, t…
The Business Insight Crisis: When Everything is an Insight, Nothing Is
Part 1 of 3 in The True Nature of Business Insights Series “We need more insights from our data!” Executives everywhere This desperate plea echoes from countless boardrooms growing louder …