How to Be a Better Analyst

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"I think we forget that if we say, well, this is screwed up and we'll just do the best we can," she says. "We want it to be we want to move ahead that you want people to feel some pain because you do want to drive the change" She adds: "That's definitely my biggest pain points is like, you want to help them but how are you realistic?"

This topic was such a big deal that we managed to have no guests, and yet we had five people on the mic! Why? Because this episode doubles as a marker of a shift in the show itself. Beyond that, though, we had a lively discussion about how every business stakeholder professes to being committed to being data driven. That should make every stakeholder super easy to work with, right? And, yet, analysts often find themselves struggling to get on the same page with their counterparts due to the realities of the data: what it can and can't do and how it is most effectively worked with. Not a small topic! There were even pop quizzes (feel free to let us know how you'd score the answers)! For complete show notes, including links to items mentioned in this episode and a transcript of the show, visit the show page.