Budget cuts? Ugh. Cue the "lemonade from lemons" stories about creativity and energy being unleashed from constraints. You got this! (And we can help!) bit.ly/4dSxMkc

A month ago, we fielded a survey asking analysts and their business partners to weigh in on what they found most painful about analytics. The results are in: bit.ly/painful-analyt…

AI could have been used to write this post (but it wasn't), but it can't be used to automatically find actionable insights in your data. Tim Wilson makes the case in his latest post: thefocus.factsandfeelings.io/ai-for-insight…

Have you ever tried to quantify the actual cost of yada yada annual planning? 💸 Matty Wishnow illuminates some of those hidden costs in this most recent article on The Focus. bit.ly/3XUb1XZ

Annual Planning doesn't have to be an eyeroll 🙄 Read more in this article about how to turn all that effort you have to put into anyways into something valuable for you and your teams! thefocus.factsandfeelings.io/reclaim-the-va…

Data storytelling. Easy to say. Popular to pine for. Surprisingly multi-faceted. Tim Wilson took a swing at enumerating those facets: thefocus.factsandfeelings.io/once-upon-a-me…

Hey folks, Bennett Brauer here. Boy, am I "grateful" that it's annual planning season again! Can't wait for meetings where we "strategize our vision" & "drown in spreadsheets" only to have it ripped to pieces during the "streamlining phase." 🦃📊 #Thankful linkedin.com/posts/valeriek…

📅 2025 is just around the corner. It's an excellent time to for collaborative reflection and we’d love to be your sounding board! If you’d like to make yourself a cup of cocoa, get cozy in front of a Zoom window, and have a no-obligation chat, book here! bit.ly/3VEpl5n

Have you already put your annual plan on a shelf, or is it actively guiding your team's work? Tim Wilson has some thoughts on ensuring it's the latter: thefocus.factsandfeelings.io/theres-gold-to…

Do you suspect that you and your organization might be doing analytics the wrong way? Well, stop that! Check out this overview of Tim Wilson's recently published book to get some thoughts on how: thefocus.factsandfeelings.io/analytics-the-…

facts & feelings co-founder, Tim Wilson co-authored a new book, Analytics The Right Way! He hopped on the mic with his co-hosts of the Analytics Power Hour to talk about the inspiration for the book as well as what he hopes readers will get out of it! youtube.com/shorts/6KhudX_…

Our Head of Solutions co-authored a book, which we think is great! We're so proud, and it's some great content. That doesn't mean we're not going to push him outside of his comfort zone with some of the promotion of it.

It takes the whole organization—data teams *and* their business partners—to break out of the "all data...few insights" malaise. Tim Wilson makes a solid case, though, that business leaders are the ones best equipped to tighten their grip on those reins.

Have you ever wished you could just hit a big "reset" button on your analytics program? Not on the data collection—on the processes and approaches in place for putting that data to meaningful use? You're not alone. thefocus.factsandfeelings.io/the-signs-that…

In his latest post, Tim Wilson makes a case for navigating uncertainty by remaining evidence-driven by being simultaneously agile and focused. thefocus.factsandfeelings.io/being-evidence…