The Teaching Shackles Are Off. It Feels Amazing.

November 10, 2021 | Communication, Dataviz, Technology

Dan Pink was right in 2009. He still is.

Does using collaboration hubs correlate with better outcomes?

May 17, 2021 | Collaboration, Faves, Future of Work, Trends

A personal and decidedly unscientific analysis.

Obliviousness in Higher Education

August 7, 2020 | Dataviz, Higher Education, Technology, Trends

Some schools’ actions are downright absurd.

Virtual Book Tours: Slack For Dummies and Zoom For Dummies

May 27, 2020 | Announcements, Communication

An hour with your organization’s employees to learn about Slack and to pick my brain.

CMU Webinar on Remote Work

April 9, 2020 | Announcements, Collaboration, Technology, Trends

An interactive Q&A on how to use today’s most popular collaboration tools.

Who’s Won the Most Majors? An Interactive Dataviz

June 13, 2019 | Analytics, Data, Dataviz, Technology, Trends

With the US Open going on, why not play with some golf data?

Visualizing Men’s Grand Slam Winners

June 9, 2019 | Analytics, Data, Dataviz, Technology, Trends

Playing with data and discovering insights have never been easier.

Is your organization embracing interactive dataviz tools?

March 25, 2019 | Data, Dataviz

Powerful new applications allow for greater insights and help overcome the IT-business divide.

Business Intelligence: The Tools Change but the Concepts Don’t

March 17, 2019 | Consulting, Data, Data Issues, Dataviz, Higher Education

Thoughts on new applications and old ideas.

Carnegie Mellon Alumni Interview

January 25, 2019 | Communication, Higher Education, Interviews

Thoughts on the lessons that the school imparted, critical thinking, and the interdisciplinary nature of higher education.

Four Sites That I Recommend to My Analytics Students

July 5, 2018 | Analytics, Communication, Dataviz, Higher Education

Those who can effectively incorporate data and analytics into their writing are poised to prosper.

Visualizing Flows

June 16, 2018 | Analytics, Dataviz, Higher Education

Sankey diagrams can display data in very interesting ways.

My Latest HBR Article on the Benefits of Friction

May 11, 2018 | Analytics, Dataviz, Social Media

In an excerpt from my latest book, I describe how one company used analytics and Agile methods to largely solve a thorny problem.

Dataviz: Interactivity Increases Understanding

March 12, 2018 | Analytics, Dataviz, Higher Education

A few more minutes of development can pay off in spades.

Reflections on 2016

November 25, 2016 | Miscellany

Thoughts on a very interesting year.

The Visual Organization: Chinese Version

October 23, 2016 | Announcements, Big Data

Good news on book number six.