With the staggering amount of data in use today, it’s no wonder that business leaders are increasingly harnessing its power to develop meaningful insights and make informed decisions. According to a survey by Deloitte, organizations that make use of data for decision-making are twice as likely to exceed their business goals and outperform their competitors. One method to […]
Five Tips for Telling a Compelling Data Story
Running a business is impossible without data. Data clarifies the facts, revealing insights that help everyone from top executives to front-line employees make better decisions. Nonetheless, it is as much an art as a science to make sense of data and use it to maximum effect. Information overload is one reason. The amount of data […]
Data Management Technology: Trends and Challenges
The last two years have been significant in the growth of Data Management technology, mainly because of the pandemic and associated factors. Almost overnight, large, medium, and small organizations located far and wide, suddenly realized the importance of online business models and hosted Data Management services. The coronavirus gave the final push to global enterprises […]
The Data Storytelling Toolbox: Data Management, Digital Transformation, and Master Data
Scott Taylor believes in data storytelling. More to the point, he believes that telling a “data story” leads to Data Governance success. Taylor is a consultant and “Data Whisperer” at MetaMeta Consulting, and author of the book, Telling Your Data Story. In his presentation “Data Storytelling for Data Management” at DATAVERSITY®’s Enterprise Data World Conference, […]
Hey Data Professionals, When Should You Lead with Story?
Click to learn more about author Bree Baich. “I could understand every word the professor was saying, but I couldn’t understand what he was talking about – I couldn’t link between the words. The way we communicate data is very similar because very often what we do is throw data points at people, we throw charts […]
The Perfect Mix of Data and Story
Click to learn more about author Bree Baich. Remember the conundrum Goldilocks had while trying to find the ideal mattress? Papa Bear’s was too hard, Mama’s was too soft, but when she stretched out on Baby Bear’s bed, the feeling was sublime. Finding that perfect mix of data and story can feel like that. If you […]
How to Tell a Great Story with Data
Click to learn more about author Bree Baich. Recently, a follower on Twitter reached out to share her frustration over the results of her data storytelling research. “We’ve been researching the topic like crazy, but I don’t seem to find an agreed upon definition for it.” I’ve spent my entire career in roles that required a […]