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Vol. I · No. 251
Mon · 8 Jun
A Daily Lexicon of Trustworthy Data
The Lexicon

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insights dashboard

/ˈɪn.saɪts ˈdæʃ.bɔːrd/ - n.

1 [colloq.] A dashboard renamed 'insights' the year charts stopped impressing the board.Keep. Punchy.This is the problem.

Working definition

2. A dashboard positioned to surface findings and recommendations rather than raw measures.

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See also
  • actionable insightTerm struck pending the definitions of action, owner, and decision right it claims to carry; absent those, the insight is observed but not actionable.
  • dashboardA wall of charts no one is assigned to act on.
  • data storytellingThe discipline of making a number persuasive before it is correct.