Forecasts Anticipate Trends within Large Populations, On Timelines Typically Measured in Months or Years. Predictive Analytics Anticipate the Behavior of a Single Individual, Often on a "Right Now" Timeline. We’ve Seen Some Confusion On This – and It’s Understandable It…
Five Trips Back Into Hands-On Consulting In the TV show Undercover Boss, a President or CEO dons a disguise in order to work, for the first time, as one of the front-line employees of their own business. Other than being…
I’m going to keep today’s post short and sweet. The #1 missing feature in Power BI is overwhelmingly clear to me, #2 isn’t close, and addressing this should be quite simple for my friends and former colleagues at Microsoft. “Help…
Awhile back I recorded a podcast with John Michaloudis from MyExcelOnline and it went live today. Fun chat, lots of excitement. In my podcast with John Michaloudis, we talk about all of the “beautiful accidents” which led me to where…
This past week in Seattle, I presented at the Microsoft Data Insights Summit. It was an intense week – I co-presented a full-day preconference session on Sunday, gave a talk on Monday, and then two more talks on Tuesday. Then…
Our National Business Gets its First Local Office (Seattle) If you were paying close attention to my article on the role of Power BI consulting firms in the self-service BI revolution, you may remember that we operate on a geographically-independent…
Guess Which One Grows Your Career (or Company) More? (Hint: It’s the One on the Right) (But Individual Excellence is a Prerequisite for Org-Wide Impact) “Cuz we need a little, Con-tro-versy…” -Marshall Mathers Last week’s post on learning DAX…
In First Impressions, Power Query Steals the Show Let’s say I have ten minutes with an “uninitiated” Excel pro – someone who slings VLOOKUP and Pivots all the time, but has no idea that Power Pivot and Power Query exist. …
My Hands on Jocelyn’s Knees Last Weekend – With “DAX: The Way I Like It (Uh huh, Uh huh)” Sticker Making an Appearance (And this was, believe it or not, a 100% candid moment – as well as an incredibly…
Our Story (that Began in 2010!) Hits an Inflection Point Buckle up folks, this is a longish post – but if you find the topic even HALF as interesting as I do, it will be worth your time to read. …