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A spy story as a model for business stories
Four versions of the famous Garbo deception. One emerges as the best.
Oct 27
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July 2025
Things were looking bad for Salesforce's Tableau
Things were looking bad for Tableau CEO Ryan Aytay and the DataFam. Salesforce killed longstanding reseller deals, customers complain about the new…
Jul 3
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June 2025
How Tableau thrived by refusing to play data czar [Replay from 2008]
Instead of delivering predetermined truths from on high, one company built its reputation on user freedom—letting data inspire stories that spark new…
Jun 26
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The $15.7 billion question: Can Salesforce tame the DataFam?
Why Tableau's improvisational data culture and Salesforce's rigid orthodoxy may be fundamentally incompatible
Jun 17
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March 2025
Do data and stories make an odd couple?
Data vs. stories: which rules? My Sunday debate with @steveswoyer unpacks the tension between analytical integrity and narrative drive. Is…
Mar 6
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Stories and the natural selection of data
Replay from 2015
Mar 4
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February 2025
The uncomfortable truth about quality industry analysis
The dirty little secret about Gartner analysts? They hate their jobs—and that's exactly why they're good. Find out how those endless customer calls…
Feb 27
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No fairy dust required
Think your fancy AI and advanced analytics will magically solve all your problems? A Reno casino hired a Russian scientist to analyze their declining…
Feb 25
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When numbers cast spells
The dangerous art of conjuring certainty from data
Feb 20
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Study finds executives trust their gut, tarot card makers rejoice
A post from the Datadoodle archive, 2009
Feb 19
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The shadow war between stories and spreadsheets
Modern oracles still need wise interpreters
Feb 13
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Why workers resist data (and what Lenin might say)
Donald Farmer, who helped make SQL Server and Qlik what they are today, sees data resistance much like Lenin saw worker consciousness: It's not about…
Feb 11
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