Is your actionable insight being limited by your communication skills?
Why language skills and words also matter when communicating actionable insights. Why data leaders need to master words as well as statistics
Author: Tony Boobier
November 16, 2022
What about your failures? How do you deal with them as a leader?
Consider your failures. What did you learn? How prepared are you for what could go wrong in future? A meditation on failure from Tony Boobier.
Do you need a bolthole to work more effectively in these changing times?
Tony Boobier makes the case for a bolthole as a place to work, to those for whom neither office nor home working is the ideal work environment
Are you delivering just Analytics or the Actionable Insight needed?
What is insight and how is it different from just the results of your analysis? Tony Boobier muses on the need for actionable insights today.
What can we learn about data storytelling from The Atlas of Experience?
A classic example of visual storytelling, what can ‘The Atlas of Experience’ teach analysts today? Tony Boobier shares why it inspires him.
Can the right mentality help leaders stay happy?
Tony Boobier reflects on the winning mentality leaders need to succeed. Considering the mix of happiness, self-awareness & resilience needed.
Sorry Santa, it’s time for a Christmas reset – a story for our times
A quick fun Christmas story from guest blogger Tony Boobier. What happens when automation prompts HR to have that ‘Sorry Santa’ conversation?
Is ‘being corporate’ preventing you from seeing with fresh eyes?
Are you blinded to fresh thinking by ‘being corporate’? Guest blogger Tony Boobier explores how this type of cultural conditioning hampers us
A common mistake analysts make, failing to recognise your own bias
As an analyst do you fail to recognise your own bias? Or have you implemented effective coping strategies? Tony Boobier reflects on our biases
Perhaps Execs don’t need data literacy after all, just good judgement
Guest blogger, Tony Boobier, makes a case against data literacy education for executives. Should they just be focussed on better judgement?
Tony’s story: lesson learnt from a late South African parcel
A story of Tony Boobier’s South African parcel & what he learnt from nothing happening as a result. What are you assuming? What do you know?
What does Shakespeare have to say about Leadership and Analytics?
What does Shakespeare have to say to data & analytics leaders today? Reflections on lessons from his plays for data leaders from Tony Boobier.