The chapter delves into a book recommendation and a recent article by Cedric Chen on the topic of becoming data-driven from first principles. It discusses the impact of the article on the analytics industry, teases Cedric's upcoming guest appearance, and offers insights on engaging with the podcast and using free illustrations from a guest's website.
As a general rule, analysts are drawn to precision: let's understand the business problem and then go figure out how the data can be acquired and crunched to provide something specific and useful. Fair enough. Where, then, do pencil and paper and 10-second sketches fit in? Or hastily and collaboratively drawn flippy chart or whiteboard sketches? We could draw you a picture to explain, but podcasts are an audio medium, so, instead, we brought on the illustrious illustrator, consultant, and author, Dan White. From triangles, to rolling snowballs, to trees, to Venn diagrams, to the conjoined triangles of success, this episode paints a pretty clear picture of the power of the quick sketch! For complete show notes, including links to items mentioned in this episode and a transcript of the show, visit the show page.