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Data champions are the backbone of data culture
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Data champions are the backbone of data culture

For data-driven organisations, some of your most high-potential employees are those with strong data skills and a desire to share them with others. James Eiloart of Tableau explains how to identify and manage these data champions
Don’t let data clichés hold back progress
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Don’t let data clichés hold back progress

It’s easy to launch a new cliché into this industry - just put the word data in front of anything you can think of. Andy Cotgreave argues that despite the swarms of buzzwords, there really are useful new tools and data visualisation techniques lurking underneath.
Data visualisation – What’s Bauhaus got to do with it?
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Data visualisation – What’s Bauhaus got to do with it?

The Bauhaus art school was founded 100 years ago this year. The global design movement initiated by the school’s foundation changed architecture and interior design forever. Has it also influenced the field of data visualisation and communication? Tableau’s Andy Cotgreave considers.
Why does the history of data visualisation matter?
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Why does the history of data visualisation matter?

Data analysts may feel their struggle to make data comprehensible through great visualisation are dealing with a 21st Century problem. But as Tableau’s Andy Cotgreave explains, it is a problem with a 250-year history that’s well worth understanding.