Is It Time to Fire Your Data Analyst?

The digital revolution has not only made data more abundant; it has made it much more accessible. Previously managers would require a dedicated analyst (or IT staff) on payroll just to get a clear idea of how their company is performing in numbers. This was due to the information being difficult to extract, or requiring proprietary skills to understand and make it presentable enough for ‘data laymen’ to be able to grasp. Hence the data analyst was needed in order to help the company make sense of its data.(more…)