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Over the past few years, AI has gone from a nice-to-have tool to a major force in analytics. It can clean messy datasets, build predictive models, write and debug code, automate dashboards, and, even more impressively, return results in seconds. So yes, AI is already outperforming analysts in several technical areas. But here’s the real question many organisations are wrestling with: If AI can do the technical work, what does that mean for the future of data analysts? The ans

As data analysts, we often define our work by the numbers, models, dashboards, and SQL queries. But here’s the truth: your analysis is only as impactful as your ability to persuade others to act on it. You can build the most elegant model or deliver a perfectly visualised dashboard, but if your stakeholders misunderstand or ignore your insights, your influence ends at the spreadsheet. That’s where influence and persuasion  come in, not manipulation, but the science of guiding

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I recently ran a poll to gain some understanding of how much time analysts feel they have available in their working week to focus on...

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As the desire for insight and analytics has grown exponentially over the last 10 years, so has the capability and range of solutions...

Speaking to various analytical teams during the Covid-19 pandemic, it’s clear that maintaining balanced workloads and keeping up...