
How a 2500-year-old Method can Improve your Analytics
The Socratic Method, wrongly practiced, can lead to ‘pimping’ Law schools and medical schools have taught it for years. The Socratic Method is not just beneficial for doctors and lawyers.
The Socratic Method, wrongly practiced, can lead to ‘pimping’ Law schools and medical schools have taught it for years. The Socratic Method is not just beneficial for doctors and lawyers.
It’s Cheap and Easy. The Microsoft Excel spreadsheet software is probably already installed on the business user’s computer. And many users today have been exposed to Microsoft Office software since
Marketing uses several reports for its campaigns – standard analytic assets often delivered through marketing tools. Finance has very complex reports converted from Excel to BI tools while incorporating different consolidation rules. The marketing reports have a different failure mode than the financial reports. They, therefore, need to be managed differently.
It’s time for the company’s monthly business review. The marketing department proceeds to report on leads acquired per salesperson. Unfortunately, half the team has left the organization, and the data fails to load accurately. While this is an inconvenience for the marketing group, it isn’t detrimental to the business. However, a failure in financial reporting for a human resource consulting firm with 1000s contractors that contains critical and complex calculations about sickness, fees, hours, etc, has major implications and needs to be managed differently.