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Here's the thing: you don't need hours to orient yourself in a new dataset. You need a system.

When you start leveraging business analytics effectively, you unlock the power to make smarter decisions, spot trends before your competitors do, and truly understand what drives your success.

...raw data is like a box of puzzle pieces scattered on the floor. Actionable analytics strategies are the picture on the box that shows you how to put those pieces together.

Ten lessons representing the difference between being the person who reports what happened and the person who shapes what happens next.

This article is about closing that gap with a handful of repeatable habits you can use on any dataset, for any decision, in work or in your own life.

This week I explore practical tactics for using collaboration and networking to reduce blind spots, sharpen context, and build recommendations that stick.

I built a simple, repeatable process for handling routine requests. Not a rigid template—a flexible framework I could adapt to different situations.

Producing a thorough analysis, takes time, resources and collaboration.

Having a plan to tackle your analyses will not just save time—it will save effort, cost, and resources.

When you meet executives where they are, speaking in terms of revenue, strategy, and tangible outcomes instead of asking them to translate your analysis into their priorities, something fundamental shifts.

This article shares my own strategies to turn any analysis into something executives embrace.

Your stomach drops. You've got spreadsheets scattered across three folders, data from four different sources, and exactly two and a half hours to make sense of it all.

This article walks through five connected practices that consistently turn scattered metrics into recommendations stakeholders trust and act on quickly.

Shifting from reporter to advisor boils down to five practices that make your analysis auditable, understandable, and defensible.

data storytelling—the disciplined practice of presenting evidence so stakeholders immediately understand what matters most, why it's changing, who it affects, and what opportunity lies ahead.

You already have everything you need to make your data visualizations powerful and persuasive. What you might be missing is the strategic framework to channel that power effectively.

Your spreadsheet isn't just a calculator—it's a strategic weapon.

Context transforms isolated numbers into actionable intelligence. Without it, even the most accurate data can mislead your business down costly paths.

But when you know your audience - it's a connection amplifying how much your message resonates.

Using pivot tables, orienting your data into some simple visualizations may be the trigger you need: sometimes a different view of your data reveals the storyline.