A Step-by-Step guide on how to conduct a structured root cause analysis — In my previous article, I discussed how to define activation metrics for your business — those metrics that you can move in the short term and have an impact on the long term. Building those is the very first step of a great journey toward product growth, and once you…

A short guide on building activation metrics for a product — In a previous article, I talked about the Input > Output > Outcome framework, and how “output” was the central piece, but not necessarily easy to define — just because you want it to be moved by your inputs, but at the same time, you need to have a causal…

The future is here, y’all — While reading the documentation for the OpenAI API, I saw this interesting use case: SQL translate: translate natural language to SQL queries. I was slightly intrigued — I have always thought there was a big market for this. SQL knowledge has always been a barrier for a lot of cross-functional…

The art of translating a strategy into operational metrics — TL;DR: Data/Business analysts can sometimes be given the “amazing opportunity” to help create some metrics. Or they can see the need for the creation of new metrics and proactively take on those tasks. But while building metrics is easy, designing good metrics is hard. More than tracking, metrics are ways…

Why your first successful piece of content can make you… or break you. — A couple of weeks ago, I posted the story “How To Build A Successful Dashboard”, in which I gave tips on (drum rolls)… how to build a successful dashboard . …

From someone who made most of the mistakes on the list — Most of my data projects usually start the same way: a bunch of SQL queries. …

5 key questions to answer before starting to answer THE question — When you start learning about ‘how to do a data analysis,” it is usually in a very polished way. …

Dog training is not rocket science, but it’s close to data science — Meet Prada. Prada is the best dog ever — a beautiful, sweet, caring, really magnificent animal. A 10/10 good doggo. My friend rescued Prada a year ago now, and became passionate about dog training. Dog training — he explained to me — is a 2-step process. During the first step…

Why being a good listener can improve the quality of your output — and how to become one. — Want to help someone? Shut up and Listen! There is this great TED video by Ernesto Sirolli called “Want to help someone? Shut up and Listen”. In it, he explained how, as a 21 years-old, he worked for an Italian NGO which tried to “teach Zambian people how to grow food”. They successfully grew magnificent tomatoes in the…