The Dashboard Effect

“Data and analytics should play a big part in monitoring your business supply chain...

"Despite generally high levels of economic confidence, U.S. middle market manufacturing...

“The gateway to achieving business value [with BI] is user adoption. You cannot circumvent...

“Data intelligence is the key to driving business decision-making and strategy.” – Tracy...

What’s the purpose of data collection?

According to Anthony Algmin, a luminary in the art of...

What is your 2023 data strategy?

If the question leaves you feeling adrift, consider this...

Gone are the days of multiples arbitrage and financial engineering to bolster exit...

“Data is the new oil. Like oil, data is valuable. But if it’s unrefined, it can’t be used.”

“Data is the new economy.” -Tania DiCostanzo, VP of IT, Strategic Initiatives and Data...

“If they want to be self-sufficient, we want to help them do that.” - Brick Thompson, CEO,...

“You can’t measure that which lacks a...

“If you can create and develop those systems, which is difficult to do in a short time...

What do 1950’s IBM and present-day McDonald's have in common? 

They're both great examples...

“Our clients ask us to interview people when they're looking to bring the visualization...

Charles “Chuck” Coonradt is a consultant, CEO, and 5x best-selling author. His 1984 book The...

"There are two key questions every firm that we've worked with has wanted to answer... The...

"The sky is the limit once you see what your data can do for your system." - Director of...

“A data-driven approach is a valuable built-in asset you can add to a company. Almost by...

“Too many portfolio companies have not invested in tech for too many years and find...

KPMG recently released their 2022 CEO Outlook, seeking the perspectives of 1,325 global CEOs...

“72% of high-performing organizations—those that embrace a culture that promotes constant...

Why is Data Driven Change Management Important?

If data science was a tool in a...

“Despite the tools available, people still use their intuition to make people decisions....

“An expert is a person who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a very narrow...

"Right now, the biggest challenge for organizations working on their data strategy might...

“If you don’t have any type of dashboarding or KPI system, it’s a major deduction on the...

“Implementing business intelligence and automated reporting is the ultimate low-hanging...

“I've seen companies go from poor transparency and not very good accountability to a culture...

“I’m looking for a company’s ‘data mobilizer’...that individual with buy-in from the top,...

With BI reporting, you will greatly reduce project time and increase impact by spending more...

Andy Thompson is founder and CEO of Notch Partners, a boutique executive talent consultancy...

"BI provides real-time visibility into current signals, so leaders can make proactive...

The transformative effect of their...

While some companies choose to manage their data strategy and BI projects internally, many...

“When you don't have good instrumentation, you spend a lot of time worrying about what you...

On The Dashboard Effect podcast, Brick Thompson, Blue Margin CEO, and Caleb Ochs, VP of...

In this installment of our Expert Insights Series, Jon Thompson hosts technology and...

In our podcast episode, How to Succeed With BI: Types of Data Sources and Data Integration,...

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In their podcast episode, How to Quickly Get BI Wins, Blue Margin CEO, Brick Thompson, and...

In our podcast episode, BI is Not the Same as an ERP Implementation,  our VP of Delivery...

“Visibility is the most efficient way to create a healthy culture and to move a company...

According to Charles Coonradt, author of The

The tide is changing. Asset classes that have been teeming with possibilities for the...

Jill Belconis, career CEO and former YPO International Chairman, is an accomplished business...

"As companies grow, financial leaders are wanting more purpose-built applications that can...

The need to adapt to market disruption is staring us in the face. If we are brave enough to...

“Companies that are more sophisticated from a data perspective are also more valuable. They...

Article summary: Discover how data helps solve the manager vs mentor tug-of-war in private...

Article summary: Discover insight for portco team management from leaders who lead leaders. 

 We were fortunate to have the opportunity to sit down once again with Adam Coffey, #1...

Jon Thompson, Cofounder and Chief Strategy Officer at Blue Margin, sits down with Adam...

If your business intelligence isn’t easy enough, your users will fail to adopt. Adoption is...

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Article Summary: A paraphrased excerpt from The Dashboard Effect highlighting the benefits...

Few would argue that companies operating across traditional industries (e.g., manufacturing,

Article summary: Learn why Power BI, a cloud-based, centralized source for data insights, is...

In the quest for differentiation among buy-and-build PE firms, everyone seems to be pointing...

It's Time for Private Equity to Join the (4th Industrial) Revolution! 

The business world is...

Article summary:  See why Private Equity succeeds—and how you can use that knowledge to your...

Article summary: Learn the data optimization strategies PE firms can use to differentiate...

Article summary: Learn how to use data optimization strategies and business intelligence to a

Apparently, we should blame Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen for the offense. 

A...

Here are three key trends we're watching in the legal industry and the data optimization...

The Dashboard Effect is a ground-breaking book about how companies are using data to move to...

Article summary: Discover the benefits of data transparency in a healthcare provider...

Your employees want (and need) to understand the rules of the game they’re playing. While it...

If you’re still trying to inspire employees to reach their full potential through annual...

Data is the driving force of the most progressive and successful companies and is more...

Article summary: What can you do when the hidden Bazinga of dirty data plays tricks on your...

Article summary: Looking for new ideas for tracking real progress at your company? Check out...

Article summary: Can you avoid the top 3 data mistakes good leaders make? Read on to find...

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Article summary: Healthcare HQ™ Trendwatch spotlights trending developments in the medical...

Article summary: Adam Coffey, CEO of CoolSys, shares business intelligence secrets from his...

Article summary: Data helps your company compete to win. Those that understand how data wins...

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For many private equity firms, managing a portfolio of companies can feel more like...

At Blue Margin, we’ve experimented with various tactics to motivate our employees and...

Why does the average small company need business intelligence? Almost without exception,...

Data is trending, and while private equity deal teams increasingly give lip service to the...

There are always some phrases we use without really knowing what they mean - think "The...

Microsoft just made streaming datasets a whole lot easier in Power BI.  For the past year,...

While companies use a variety of different business intelligence (BI) tools and...

Private Equity investors make investment decisions based on balance sheets and P&L...

Power BI now outranks Tableau, Qlik, Domo, Cognos . . . heck, everyone.

For the tenth...

What could your business do with an extra $30,000 a year? By implementing Microsoft Power BI...

Business intelligence is one of the hottest topics among industry leaders. Private equity...

There's BIG news in the BI world, of the magical sort.

Gartner just released their Magic...

Folks, we’ve been waiting for this feature release! 

Microsoft just announced Power BI’s...

Why is Blue Margin headquartered in Fort Collins instead of Denver (since one of our...

Fact:  The difference between dashboards that just "look good," and those that get adopted...

Let’s recap.

In our last article, we talked about how “dashboards” (displaying...

As part of Power BI’s latest release, you can now subscribe to your most critical dashboards...

In the race to increase portfolio company value through add-ons, improved gross margins, and...

In recent years, there is no business discipline that has moved to the forefront of the...

"Transparency is not just a buzzword; it may be a necessity for business survival in the...

With consistently increasing deal multiples across markets, the opportunity to acquire...

Deloitte provides a clear and simple answer to this question in their “Analytics for...

Middle market private equity firms share a common denominator: their portfolio companies...

“If you always do what you always did, you’ll always get what you’ve always got.” – Henry...

Business Intelligence (BI) technology is quickly becoming commonplace in companies of every...

In case you need to get caught up . . .

In our last data warehouse post, we talked about how...

Data warehouses sound like a pain.  And if you don't have a data architect on staff (who has...

If you’ve read a few of my articles, you know that I love to talk about business...

"Our ability to make sense of the 'signals' from all the 'noise' in our data is paramount...

We are at an exciting time in the world of business technology. People are becoming more and...

As “Business Intelligence” (i.e., data analytics and dashboards) plays an ever-increasing...

While we all have our challenges with MS products, (Just image search “Windows 8 memes” if...

Blue Margin, Inc., Microsoft Gold Partner in Data Analytics and Data Platform just released...

The Blue Margin team is excited to announce that we have been named a "50 Colorado Company...

That’s right.  Unless you work in the retail sector (which has used data analytics to...

Chances are, if you're reading this article, you're thinking about investing in a data...

Complex logistics, multiple data sources, tight order-to-cash timelines . . . for virtually...

1.       You can’t change what you can’t see.

I recently read an awesome article by Dr. Christian Jarrett called “The Ostrich Problem” and...