Category Archives: Data Literacy

Actionable Intelligence

Posted on February 2, 2019 by DaltonRuer

We spend 99% of our time on the word “intelligence” completely ignore the primary word “actionable.” Continue reading →

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Visualizing Analytics in Virtual Reality

Posted on November 5, 2018 by DaltonRuer

Total Immersion How cool is this image of a physician totally immersed in patient data in this virtual world? As soon as the coolness wheres off your brain is left scrambling for reality. Can we really do this? Would it … Continue reading →

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Visualizing Data Fluency

Posted on August 30, 2017 by DaltonRuer

The real question that’s plagued the world has never been “Should I visualize the data?” it’s always been “How should I visualize the data?” Because it’s not that people don’t want to see things visually it’s a matter of how … Continue reading →

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To achieve, or not to achieve action

Posted on January 25, 2016 by DaltonRuer

That is the question. At least it’s the question that we in the business intelligence community should be focusing on. Why weave my title so closely to one of the most famous lines by William Shakespeare? Simple. Our ability to … Continue reading →

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Avoiding a Data Tornado

Posted on December 18, 2015 by DaltonRuer

You know I love to go out on a limb using data metaphors. Sometimes they are my own and sometimes I flat out steal them from others. (Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery you know.) I’ve wanted to continue … Continue reading →

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Visualizing the Data Consumption Continuum

Posted on September 28, 2015 by DaltonRuer

As this is intended to be a blog about visualization it seemed only fitting that I devote this post to visualizing the concept I introduced last week that I called a Data Consumption Continuum. It all started with … A … Continue reading →

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The Data Consumption Continuum

Posted on September 20, 2015 by DaltonRuer

We humans love to consume. Food. Water. Fuels. And my personal favorite Chocolate. You name it we want to consume it. Health warnings have little effect at deterring us from consuming mass quantities of the wrongs things. Yet sadly there … Continue reading →

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Visualizing Healthcare Claims

Posted on June 7, 2015 by DaltonRuer

I recently had the opportunity to demonstrate Qlik Sense for the Director of a large health system’s Revenue Cycle team. The consultant who recommended us spoke with me ahead of time and we got along great. “This guy has been … Continue reading →

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Visualizing the Busy-ness

Posted on February 2, 2015 by DaltonRuer

Not that anyone would be surprised to discover a direct correlation between supply and demand but in my last post on “Visualizing Knowledge” the scatter plot proved to be a very advantageous chart type in that it showed there was … Continue reading →

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