I get asked a lot about what is the hardest part of teaching people to use analytics and training analysts.
The biggest challenge is really trying to fit content into a timeline.
Analytics is not something you can box up an mass train on.
That’s why so many analytics training approaches fail.
Trainers are forced to either spend too much time on a few parts of analytics or spend too little time on a lot of important concepts.
It is really more art than science when it comes to using analytics because every data source is unique, every analyst has their own individual background, and every business question has a distinct answer.
Take a recent talk I gave at an event for HR professionals covering topics related to Compensation and Benefits.
I had 60 minutes to really introduce an audience of over 200 to analytics knowing they are generally unfamiliar with analytics terminology and mostly just use excel for basic reporting and analysis.
Before getting to a case study full of analytics jargon, I spent a few minutes given an extremely high level of some of the key concepts they need to now to fully related to the case study.
Here is a key slide:
I then went into a 3 minute cruise at 30,000 feet over the landscape that is analytics.
Did my best to make sure the audience was able at the very least attach a definition and an example to each of the concepts.
Later on in the presentation, I wanted to leave the audience with some guidance on how to solve CompenBen questions with analytics, so I walked them through this slide:
Based on lessons from my book, Putting Your Data to Work, I covered six steps for them to take back to work the next day.
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One of the reasons I have been so successful in my 7 years here in the Philippines, is that I am blessed with the ability to take some fairly complex and often intimidating concepts and turn them into tangible, layman friendly learnings.
If you are interested in learning more about how to attend a future public training on analytics or book me for a tailored in-house training designed specifically for your business, please contact me here or via my marketing partner, www.sonicanalytics.com
DMAIPH – Decision-making, Analytics & Intelligence Philppines
Over the past few years businesses in the Philippines have invested heavily in big data, analytics and data science, but still have not achieved the expected outcomes of data-driven companies.
Based on our learnings from the 100’s of Filipino businesses and 10,000s of Filipinos who have taken part in DMAIPH Analytics trainings all across the country, we have crafted a proven, non-technical approach to upskilling your team in analytics.
In 2019, we will be launching two new training programs: (1) Our DMAIPH Applied Analytics Master Class series for executives, leaders and decision-makers and our (2) DMAIPH Applied Analytics Boot Camp series for practicing analysts.
We will feature case studies of real Filipino run business, exercises based on actual analytics challenges being solved by Filipino analysts, and provide you with a copy of my book, Putting Your Data to Work, an analytics guidebook for the Filipino professional
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