The value an energised team can bring
Across business and public service there are people developing information to help their organisation to move forward. Many however struggle to make any difference. For one particular Finance Team this was a source of great frustration. They wanted to be the ‘go to’ team for great information about the business […]
To get more sustainable – start measuring
As Earth Day arrives more businesses are working towards greater levels of sustainability than ever before. The Green Business Bureau (https://greenbusinessbureau.com) has some good advice for those businesses wanting to push on down the sustainability path. Set it as a proper strategic objective and implement it on that basis. E.g. […]
It’s time to become data confident
The CBI Tech Tracker 2020 report (published Dec 2020) suggests that a divide is growing between businesses that are confident using data and those that are not. Those that are confident frequently use data to shape decisions, give feedback on products and services, and optimise operations. Unsurprisingly this gives them […]
Visualising data is more important than ever
There is little doubt that companies that have and know how to use data cope with adversity better than those that do not. A food outlet in Tamworth in the West Midlands discovered that, by using passenger counts for local buses and train services, traffic flow data, WiFi/Bluetooth detector counts […]
Tackling repetitive tasks – the copy & paste
How much time do you spend copying & pasting information? It’s worth measuring as activities such as these sit so centrally within the working day that we rarely think about the time they take. They can be made to disappear, especially those involving spreadsheets such as MSExcel and Google Sheets. […]
What is data?
To celebrate the launch of the figuringoutdata blog, we are starting by defining what we mean by data. Taken in the context of business efficiency (as distinct from, say, mobile phone usage) data can be formed from any set of numbers, any items of text, any image. It becomes ‘data’ […]