Communication is key to any successful industry and analytics is no exception. This week's special guest joins the All Things Analytics team all the way from UDA Live in the UK. Join Trish as she sits down once again with devices and analytics director, Phil Bennett to discuss how analysts can go beyond standard data visualization techniques to tell important stories to their supervisors and clients.

Less than a year after graduation, Jace Thurman left his job at a political consulting firm and went to work for an ethonal production company in logistics with no prior training. He quickly showed a knack for data visualization and was promoted to doing wide scale grain market analysis. Find out what pushed Jace into the world of analytics and why he fell in love with it in this episode of All Things Analytics.

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How has big data been essential to the growth of The Innovation Podcast Network? Find out on this week's episode when Trish brings on multimedia specialist and our very own podcast producer, Jordan Evans, to explain how analytics play a major role in her day-to-day operations... and she's NOT an analyst!

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Tyler Lubben has made his career by combining his creative side and his analytic side to create visual works of art with data. He now owns and operates Vizual Intelligence, Inc., a Tableau consulting & training company that helps build visual data dashboards and surveys for companies around the world. Learn more about Tyler and his data journey in this edition of All Things Analytics.

In the span of her career, Amber Smart has created over 4,000 BI dashboards. She currently owns and operates her own data visualization service, SmartMetrix, and shares her IT knowledge with companies across the globe. Learn more about Amber's journey as a mother, analyst, student and leader in this week's episode of All Things Analytics.

How did an engineer use analytics to solve a multi-million dollar product problem? Hear the full story and more in this phone interview with UK-based devices and analytics inventor, Phillip Bennett.

There is no question that utilizing data fueled by analytics is a priority for many organizations. If this is true and is a key part of the digital transformation, then why is the adoption rate so low? Learn how to tackle some of the major obstacles companies face on the path to digital change and adoption from our host and experienced business analyst, Trish McPeek.