November 8, 2012Analytics, Dashboarding Recommended reading: How to convert complex data into a story The Analytics Communicator Analytics professionals need to be communicators. Just being technically proficient is longer enough. It is not enough to slap […] Share this:ShareTweet Share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window) WhatsApp Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email
April 5, 2012Visualization An Easter Egg hunt with three charts It’s that time of the year. Millions of kids are excited about hunting for Easter Eggs. Why not do the same here […] Share this:ShareTweet Share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window) WhatsApp Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email
March 27, 2012March 27, 2012Visualization Why stacked line charts are useful Stacked line charts Stacked line charts are a great and yet simple tool. Here is why. We often run into a situation […] Share this:ShareTweet Share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window) WhatsApp Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email
March 22, 2012March 22, 2012Visualization Watch that chart aspect ratio! The chart aspect ratio The other day I reviewed a dashboard. It looked great. But there was a chart on the bottom […] Share this:ShareTweet Share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window) WhatsApp Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email
December 20, 2011March 8, 2012Events & Workshops, Interviews Joining a Cognos user group is key! – An interview with Steve Veilleux Cognos User Groups are quickly gaining a lot of interest from IBM customers around the globe. These groups provide users with the […] Share this:ShareTweet Share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window) WhatsApp Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email
August 25, 2011September 5, 2011Dashboarding Dashboarding – Insights from Mike Duncan – Part 2 Each indicator must have a strong correlation to your ability to effect change In my last post I laid out 3 practical […] Share this:ShareTweet Share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window) WhatsApp Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email
August 23, 2011August 19, 2011Dashboarding Dashboarding – Insights from Mike Duncan, Bizzeness -Part 1 Your dashboard should provide the least amount of the most critical data In a previous post I discussed the art of dashboarding […] Share this:ShareTweet Share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window) WhatsApp Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email
August 18, 2011December 10, 2011Dashboarding Dashboarding – A great perspective Dashboarding remains one of the most important topics in the Business Analytics area. Most of my clients are actively working on deploying […] Share this:ShareTweet Share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window) WhatsApp Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email
June 27, 2011December 22, 2011Reading, Visualization What “Brain Rules” teaches us about Business Analytics The other day I took some time to review a few chapters of John Medina’s excellent book ‘Brain Rules: 12 Principles for […] Share this:ShareTweet Share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window) WhatsApp Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email
May 10, 2011February 22, 2012Dashboarding, Visualization Waterfall charts, pareto analysis and beyond Waterfall Charts? Do you like pies? I do! But not for analyzing data. Pie charts are just too busy and too hard […] Share this:ShareTweet Share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window) WhatsApp Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email