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Data Driven Decision Making:
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.

Lisa Ciancarelli
Dec 23, 20256 min read


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

Lisa Ciancarelli
Dec 16, 20259 min read


Analysis Process: Do More Faster & Better!
I built a simple, repeatable process for handling routine requests. Not a rigid template—a flexible framework I could adapt to different situations.

Lisa Ciancarelli
Dec 9, 20256 min read


Winning Toplines for your Analysis
Producing a thorough analysis, takes time, resources and collaboration.

Lisa Ciancarelli
Dec 1, 20257 min read


From Guts to Glory: Making the Plan
Having a plan to tackle your analyses will not just save time—it will save effort, cost, and resources.

Lisa Ciancarelli
Nov 25, 20259 min read


Analyses to Drive Executive Action
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.

Lisa Ciancarelli
Nov 18, 202510 min read


Smart Analyses: Impactful Numbers
This article shares my own strategies to turn any analysis into something executives embrace.

Lisa Ciancarelli
Nov 11, 202510 min read


Trusted Insights When Time is Short
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.

Lisa Ciancarelli
Nov 4, 20257 min read


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

Lisa Ciancarelli
Oct 28, 20258 min read


Build Trust & Influence With Your Data
Shifting from reporter to advisor boils down to five practices that make your analysis auditable, understandable, and defensible.

Lisa Ciancarelli
Oct 21, 20258 min read


Win the Room With These Storytelling Tactics
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.

Lisa Ciancarelli
Oct 14, 202511 min read


Visualization: Making Insights Impossible to Ignore
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.

Lisa Ciancarelli
Oct 7, 20257 min read


The 5 Habits of Highly Effective Spreadsheets
Your spreadsheet isn't just a calculator—it's a strategic weapon.

Lisa Ciancarelli
Sep 30, 20256 min read


Context Makes You an Insights Hero!
Context transforms isolated numbers into actionable intelligence. Without it, even the most accurate data can mislead your business down costly paths.

Lisa Ciancarelli
Sep 23, 20255 min read


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

Lisa Ciancarelli
Sep 15, 20256 min read


Trend Analysis: The Art of Detecting Patterns
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.

Lisa Ciancarelli
Sep 9, 20258 min read


Power Shift: Data-Driven Decisions
This guide will show you exactly how to transform raw numbers into winning strategies that get results.

Lisa Ciancarelli
Sep 2, 20255 min read


Insight to Influence: 5 Tactics to Drive Trust in Your Analysis
How the most influential analytics professionals use ethical practices to earn a seat at the executive table—and keep it.

Lisa Ciancarelli
Aug 26, 20257 min read


Driving Real Business Impact by Changing Your Perspective
Our most powerful insights come when we truly focus on what the data and our stakeholders are trying to say.

Lisa Ciancarelli
Aug 19, 20255 min read


Data Driven Case Studies
Case studies are a valuable tool for businesses to express value and elevate their profiles.

Lisa Ciancarelli
Aug 12, 20256 min read
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