Data Leaders

Ben Spooner has several years of experience as an Army Officer at a battle post in Iraq, both in Intelligence as well as Executive capacities. I sat down with him to discuss his thoughts on activating a data driven work culture using data visualization and dashboards as primary weapons.  Here's what we discussed: A complete dashboard lifecycle - from inception to decision-making How to build dashboards that drive decision making Up close and personal look at the data scientist who did data research and exploration at the front line trenches of  insurgency in a war zone When is raw data the best form of reporting (instead of a fancy-schmancy dashboard) Two critical factors that fuels dashboard building process…They are C-words (hint: Curiosity and Collaboration) Data Driven culture has two key pursuits: truth and discovery. How to make a dashboard that builds this type of a data driven culture... How to deal with stakeholders who don’t appreciate the exploratory process of dashboard building… and how to set t