The Importance of Having a Neutral Voice of Reason in the Workplace

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i'm not saying that annalysts are without bias and yet a yayoter, but i do think they can be that kind of neutral voice of reason. They're often looked to as like, hey, what's your advice? Because i know you don't care if we increase their budget or if we change their ry ry k p is. It's like, what's just the best decision based on the data yo got? That also goes to, it can be scare. A good manager is someone that pushes you that little bit. If your manager is always in those meetings, if your manager isalways the one presenting it,like show antells or stand ups

Analytics is hard (so they say... but we're not going to open THAT can of worms). Do you know what's harder? Managing analysts! I mean, they're always asking, “Why?” Sometimes, they even ask it five times! They can wind up, you know, analyzing whatever you're asking them to do! On this episode, special guest Moe Kiss (you may know her as a co-host of this podcast) joined Michael and Tim to dig into the ins and outs of the analyst/manager relationship. For complete show notes, including links to items mentioned in this episode and a transcript of the show, visit the show page.