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Pluck the Low-Hanging Fruit
You’ve assembled a team and they’re ready to transform your organization into a data-driven decision-making juggernaut. But where should they start? How do you coordinate this team so they’ll actually be effective?
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You’ve assembled a team and they’re ready to transform your organization into a data-driven decision-making juggernaut. But where should they start? How do you coordinate this team so they’ll actually be effective?
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Pluck the Low-Hanging Fruit
This is part two in a series of articles about effective analytics implementation. The first part “The Five Faces of Analytics” explores the roles necessary to develop a successful analytics team. So you’ve assembled a team of world beaters and … Continue reading →
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This is part two in a series of articles about effective analytics implementation. The first part “The Five Faces of Analytics” explores the roles necessary to develop a successful analytics team. So you’ve assembled a team of world beaters and … Continue reading →
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When small is more
We’ve done a few critique/redesigns of graphics on the site, but now its time to shine that sometimes unflattering light back on ourselves. While going through some materials I came across a graphic much like this one. The chart is … Continue reading →
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We’ve done a few critique/redesigns of graphics on the site, but now its time to shine that sometimes unflattering light back on ourselves. While going through some materials I came across a graphic much like this one. The chart is … Continue reading →
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When Small is More
Don’t be afraid to make your charts smaller to communicate a bigger, more complete message.
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Don’t be afraid to make your charts smaller to communicate a bigger, more complete message.
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Salvaging the Pie
The next instalment in our Data Looks Better Naked series takes on the dreaded pie chart.
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The next instalment in our Data Looks Better Naked series takes on the dreaded pie chart.
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Salvaging the Pie
The poor, maligned 3D pie chart. He is so popular among the common folk, but put him next to his peers and his vacant stare betrays (not entirely unfounded) feelings of insecurity and inadequacy. Sometimes the only way to address … Continue reading →
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The poor, maligned 3D pie chart. He is so popular among the common folk, but put him next to his peers and his vacant stare betrays (not entirely unfounded) feelings of insecurity and inadequacy. Sometimes the only way to address … Continue reading →
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Breathing City
The long, winding process that goes into making a Manhattan breath. Continue reading →
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The long, winding process that goes into making a Manhattan breath. Continue reading →
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Breathing City
A look at the many many steps involved in creating the Breathing City animation of Manhattan's flow of people at work and at home.
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A look at the many many steps involved in creating the Breathing City animation of Manhattan's flow of people at work and at home.
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Clear Off the Table
The first animation in our Data Looks Better Naked series reworked a bar chart. Now we show you how to improve a data table.
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The first animation in our Data Looks Better Naked series reworked a bar chart. Now we show you how to improve a data table.
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Clear Off the Table
Clear of the table to deliver a clearer and more compelling picture. Continue reading →
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Clear of the table to deliver a clearer and more compelling picture. Continue reading →
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The Uniform Distribution
The goaltenders from my youth – Bill Ranford, Andy Moog, Grant Fuhr – all had jersey numbers in the low thirties. And most of the goalies I can think of now have numbers in the low thirties. This got me … Continue reading →
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The goaltenders from my youth – Bill Ranford, Andy Moog, Grant Fuhr – all had jersey numbers in the low thirties. And most of the goalies I can think of now have numbers in the low thirties. This got me … Continue reading →
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The Uniform Distribution
How do jersey numbers stack up across the major sports leagues in the 2013-14 season?
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How do jersey numbers stack up across the major sports leagues in the 2013-14 season?
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The Five Faces of Analytics
Imagine your analytics dream team. Who would you hire, and what would their roles be?
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Imagine your analytics dream team. Who would you hire, and what would their roles be?
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The Five Faces of Analytics
The chasm between Business and IT is well documented and has existed since the first punch-card mainframe dimmed the lights of MIT to solve the ballistic trajectory of WWII munitions. Since that time, great leaps in data collection, storage, connectivity, … Continue reading →
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The chasm between Business and IT is well documented and has existed since the first punch-card mainframe dimmed the lights of MIT to solve the ballistic trajectory of WWII munitions. Since that time, great leaps in data collection, storage, connectivity, … Continue reading →
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Data looks better naked
The next time you are trying to improve a chart, consider what you can take away rather than what you can add. Continue reading →
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The next time you are trying to improve a chart, consider what you can take away rather than what you can add. Continue reading →
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