For those of you that use or want to learn to use SQL but struggle with “joins” I found this diagram really helpful.
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50 Essential Management Tips
For those of you that prefer a digital version of the booklet from The Academy around the top 50 tips for line managers you can download or read a copy below.
10 More Tricks to Appear Smart in Meetings
If you’re trying to get ahead in the corporate world, appearing smart in meetings should be your top priority. This can be hard if you find yourself daydreaming about Mexico, margaritas or queso ch...
10 Tricks to Appear Smart in Meetings
How to Say No Without Ever Saying No
Saying no is especially hard for people-pleasers. That’s why it’s good to have a game plan with many options of how you can say no by avoiding saying no. Here’s seven tips for how to say no at ...
Time Parting in Analysis Workspace
So some of you might have found it annoying that you can’t look at say Monday for the last four weeks rolled up, or hour of the day. Instead you have to run every weekday or every hour and then ...
Excel Formulas & Data Presentation
Excel Data Presentation Guide [Download] Copy & Paste Values Copying the the contents of a cell and pasting just the value and not the underlying formula that is displayed in the formula bar. Remo...
Data Viz Study
So if the words data visualisation don’t make your eyes roll back in your head Tableau have written an article based on tracking eye movements when looking at dashboards to give some ideas on ho...
Error Reporting in SessionCam
SessionCam ran a seminar recently on how to use their new Error Reporting feature, which you can now watch above. I’ve had a play around with it but it’s definitely in its early stages an...
How to live longer!
I read a really interesting article in Scientific American here around how time appears to pass faster as you get older. It seems rather depressing the older you get the faster your perception of time...