At the Tuesday morning breakout sessions (11AM – 12PM) at this year’s Tableau Customer Conference, be sure to check out “The Holy Grail of Strategic Decision Making”.  For the second time in four conferences, I have been given the honor of being a customer speaker.  I’d love it if we packed the house; I think you’ll come away entertained and having learned something.

Summary:

Four-years of Tableau experience led me to a major turning point in my career, one that involved working with "buyers" for our products. These major customers expect insights and analysis from us, but they never experienced the "unbiased" stories that I've been able to tell with Tableau. 

This session will dive into new ways to work with customers and partners to identify opportunities that have been almost nearly impossible to detect without Tableau. The impact will lead you to think about the data you have within your own organization as well as third-party information to drive insight into your business that will change the way you think about making decisions.

I look forward to meeting many of you this year and I hope to see you at my breakout session.

From the TED Blog:

Many of us know Martin Luther King Jr.’s 1963 “I Have a Dream” speech from snippets and news clips. If you have time for reflection today, watch it here, all the way through. It’s unmissable. In an era of open injustice and brutal hatred, King challenges his listeners to actively build a better world for themselves and their children. We know the highlights, but watching the whole 16-minute speech makes the context of ’63 shatteringly clear, and underscores the clarity and power of MLK’s vision.