What analysts can learn from Storytelling with Data
A detailed book review of “Storytelling with Data” by Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic. The Data Viz lessons it teaches, resources it shares & how it can help you.
Category: Books
Changing your life through Atomic Habits – why this book will help you
Book review of Atomic Habits. How this book can help you make remarkable changes in your life through only small manageable changes. See what it includes.
How are you scoring on your Stakeholder Balance Sheet?
Scoring yourself on a Stakeholder Balance Sheet. Book review of “The Stakeholder Balance Sheet” by Suntook & Murphy + how this can help your business.
Narrative Coaching: helping your clients’ stories to come to life
How to read “Narrative Coaching” by David Drake. How this magnus opus can really help leadership coaches work with their clients at a deeper level.
Getting practical with a great introduction to DataOps & why it matters
Why you need to understand DataOps. A review of “Practical DataOps” book from Harvinder Atwal. Explaining why this book can help all data leaders improve.
How to avoid being deceived by the ways charts can lie
Book review of ‘How Charts Lie’ by Alberto Cairo and why all leaders & analysts should read it. Improve your graphicacy. Protect yourself from being lied to
Would you benefit from Digital Minimalism to reduce your screen addiction?
Book review of “Digital Minimalism” by Cal Newport. Sharing the useful challenge & suggested practices for leaders to break free of screen addictions.
Why you need Rebel Ideas within your Data Science team
Why you need Cognitive Diversity in your Data Science team. A book review of “Rebel Ideas” by Matthew Syed.
Why you need the 4 Disciplines of Execution in Analytics
Book Review of “The 4 disciplines of execution” and why this book can help Analytics leaders improve their exection as teams, delivering a consistent ROI.
Web Analytics an hour a day, how this book can improve your analysis
“Web Analytics an hour a day” a review of this practical book from Avinash Kaushik. In this review Martin Squires draws out its lessons for all analysts.
Recommended Data & Analytics books for leaders who keep learning
Recommending data & analytics books for analysts, data scientists and leaders (including CDO role). A collection of reviews and resources to help you read.
Guerrilla Analytics – how to deliver analytics in the cut & thrust of business
Book review of Guerrilla Analytics, a practical guide to working with data. Why this is such a useful manual for analysts & analytics leaders. Recommended.