I'm launching a book at a weird time. Toward the (one can only hope) end of a pandemic, book sales are booming, but it's so hard to …
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Five reasons I wrote Advancing into Analytics
The thing that struck me about writing a book is just how much it is like starting a business: you can do your research and assemble a meticulous plan, but you can't quite know what the result will …
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Data visualization and data literacy: Conversation with Megan Johanson of meganjohanson.com
Perhaps the most common way a variety of audiences interact with data is through visualization -- …
Learning guide: Introduction to Power Pivot in Excel, one-day workshop
Ah, the "Franken-Table." You've probably created one: a worksheet with umpteen VLOOKUP()'s referencing various other worksheets and perhaps (gasp!) even other workbooks. It's ugly and inefficient: …
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Building the data academy: Measuring program ROI
Most executives won't get too excited about building something as grandiose-sounding as a "data academy" to bring large-scale data literacy to your organization. It's notoriously difficult to develop …
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Building the data academy: assessing candidate skills
Analytics is a rapidly evolving field of high business value, so your organization needs a robust up-skilling strate …
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