How to develop your thinking skills as an analyst
Advice on developing your thinking skills as an analyst. Tristan Mobbs outlines three thinking styles that can help analysts deliver change.
Tag: analyst
June 23, 2023
How to run a one day Analytics Hackathon that works for your analysts
How to run a successful Analytics Hackathon in one day that works for analysts not just data scientists. Learning from this one within Gousto
Thinking with Data helps you turn information into insights
Book review of “Thinking with Data”. Uncovering how a short book really can help you develop the thinking skills needed to generate insights.
Your Data Storytelling needs less data and more stories (part 2 of 2)
Part two of series on Data Storytelling. Why you need more of a focus one story & not just data viz, plus how to learn from South Park & GOT.
Your Data Storytelling needs less data and more stories (part 1 of 2)
Why you need to focus on storytelling and not just good data visualisations to tell compelling data stories. A challenge from Martin Squires.
Why being passionate about your work can be a mistake
The danger of being passionate about your work tipping over from being a positive motivation into obsession & a defensive resistance to change
Why data & analytics leaders need the real meaning of a Growth Mindset
Confessing that I had the concept of a Growth Mindset all wrong. But what I have learnt from my mistake & how that can help analysts & leaders
Don’t Look Up, how it’s a lesson in data storytelling
How watching the film “Don’t look up” inspired analyst Tristan Mobbs to spot these lessons for analysts in the art of data storytelling.
Seeing with fresh eyes through the latest from Edward Tufte
A review of “Seeing with Fresh Eyes” the latest book from Edward Tufte. How this artist reveals the seeing & conscience you need for data viz.
5 more ways leaders and analysts can think differently to be data-led
5 more ways you can think differently as a leader, in order to be data-led. Guest blogger, Harry Powell shares from his personal experience.
3 all too common mistakes analysts make when contracting for work
Start of a series on 10 all too common mistakes analysts make. In this post I share 3 that analysts make when contracting/agreeing brief.
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