The document discusses the importance of communicating data effectively. It notes that there is a pressing need for more businesspeople who can make decisions based on data analysis. While it is not necessary for managers to crunch numbers themselves, they must be able to communicate quantitative insights to diverse audiences. Effective communication involves understanding the audience, presenting the appropriate level of detail, and focusing on implications rather than just results. When data is communicated well, it can help organizations make better decisions.

1. CAN YOU
COMMUNICATE
DATA?
LET’S LEARN
IT!!

2. INSIGHTS: “Data is Worthless if You
Don’t Communicate It” - Thomas H.
Davenport

3. INSIGHT #1.
Pressing need for
more
businesspeople
who can think
quantitatively and
make decisions
based on data and
analysis

4. •Businesspeople who
can do so will become
increasingly valuable.
•According to a
McKinsey Global
Institute report on big
data, we’ll need over
1.5 million more
data-savvy managers
to take advantage of
all the data we

5. INSIGHT #2. Learn
to communicate
the data in such a
way that your
audience
becomes eager to
hear it out.

6. We need to become
better consumers of
data, with a better
appreciation of
quantitative analysis
and —equally
important— an
ability to
communicate what
the numbers mean.

7. Most audiences
neither understand
nor appreciate the
details; they care
about results and
implications.

8. Employing the Insights into the life of a
Manager.

9. “YOU DON’T NEED TO
BECOME A
WINEMAKER TO
BECOME A WINE
CONNOISSEUR” –
PROFESSOR XIAO-LI MENG

10. • Managers do not need
to become quant jocks.
• As a manager, it’s not
your job to crunch the
numbers, but it is your
job to communicate
them.

11. Making Better Decisions
Better you
Communic
ate Data
Better
Decisions
by a
company
Better
Understandi
ng of the
information

12. Never make the
mistake of
assuming that
the results will
“speak for
themselves.”

14. To maximize impact,
1) We must first identify the
audiences we want to
address.
2) Understand their needs
and level of
sophistication around
data
3) And then provide them
with the appropriate
presentation of data.

15. “Our biggest challenge stays disseminating the
research results to a broad spectrum of
teammates who come from diverse backgrounds
and cultures, have different interests and are not
necessarily trained in statistics or data
visualization.”

16. Thank
You!
Presented By: Charanjeet Singh Ahluwalia
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