In my last post I made the claim that you should write the nerd report. After that, you can break it down for other people. So that suggests there are two types of reports, nerd reports & …
Reports are Comic Books, Insights are Spider-Man
Spider-Man started in a comic book. Nowadays you'll find Spider-Man in big budget movies, stage shows, theme parks, children's books, halloween costume contests, popular memes, backpack designs, …
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Systemic Report Failure: The Content Gap
Systemic report failure is when structures, formats, and habits consistently prevent reports and other resources from reaching the right people in ways they can actually use. In evaluation and …
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The Report Design Multitask Problem
One of the biggest report design frustrations is something that's not on most people's radar. I talk about this in my book The Reporting Revolution (it's only $5, you should buy it!), but I've also …
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The Cassandra Curse
I kick off my latest book with the story about Cassandra. I feel like being an evaluator or researcher or data analyst puts you in this position where you learn things. It then becomes your …
The PDF Must Die
For the last ten years or so I've taken a pretty measured stance on PDFs. Saying that they're okay in moderation, perhaps even useful. That's the stance I take in The Reporting Revolution. I …
The Reporting Revolution 2nd Edition (NOW AVAILABLE!)
Now Available! The Reporting Revolution (2nd Edition) What's new? Launch Special! If you buy the book in November, you'll get access to a free modern reporting jumpstart webinar on …
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The Reporting Three-Step Method
Summary: In this post I'll show you a quick way to set up your own continuous reporting system. I've been working on my follow-up to The Reporting Revolution. I think I did an okay job of setting …
The Future of Reporting
Summary: In this post I'm going to tell you the future. You can think about prediction as looking at the past and then projecting into the future. But there is an easier way. Instead of looking …
Reporting Revolution – 2nd Edition
I’ve decided to build upon my report design book. So, for a limited time, I’m making the working version free again. Why the new edition? I started writing a new book (code name: Report Like …
Beyond Performative Dissemination
Your report is NOT the problem. This is probably not the argument you would expect to hear from someone who has spent the better part of a decade teaching people how to design better reports, tell …
Report Like This, my new FREE masterclass.
I've been thinking about writing a new book, but while you wait on that, I created a free masterclass. Modern report design isn't harder than the old way, it's just different. In this free …
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