06/02/2026
The math that should change how every data analyst reads their company's numbers
Walter Shields I Help People Learn Data Analytics & AI - Simply | Best-Selling Author | LinkedIn Learning Instructor (526K+ Learners) June 2, 2026 Two economists from Wharton and Boston University published a peer-reviewed mathematical proof in March. Their conclusion in one sentence: "At the limit,
06/01/2026
IT IS JUNE 1. MAY'S NUMBERS ARE IN. HERE IS THE MOMENT THAT SEPARATES THE ANALYSTS WHO GET TRUSTED FROM THE ONES WHO GET QUESTIONED.
Walter Shields I Help People Learn Data Analytics & AI - Simply | Best-Selling Author | LinkedIn Learning Instructor (526K+ Learners) June 1, 2026 Every first Monday of the month is the same. May's numbers are in.
05/28/2026
The Observer Effect. What Quantum Physics Just Taught Me About Why Some Analysts See What Others Miss Entirely.
Walter Shields I Help People Learn Data Analytics & AI - Simply | Best-Selling Author | LinkedIn Learning Instructor (526K+ Learners) May 28, 2026 My wife is rereading Breaking The Habit of Being Yourself. I picked it up off the nightstand this week and landed on the observer effect.
05/28/2026
The Largest Creativity Study Ever Run Just Described Your Biggest Risk at Work.
Walter Shields I Help People Learn Data Analytics & AI - Simply | Best-Selling Author | LinkedIn Learning Instructor (526K+ Learners) May 28, 2026 In January, researchers from the University of Montreal, Google DeepMind, and Mila tested AI against more than 100,000 humans on standardized creativity
05/27/2026
The Bottleneck Is No Longer the Model. It Is You. Here Is What That Means.
Walter Shields I Help People Learn Data Analytics & AI - Simply | Best-Selling Author | LinkedIn Learning Instructor (526K+ Learners) May 27, 2026 Alteryx held its annual Inspire conference in Orlando last week and surveyed 1,400 data analysts and IT leaders across three continents. The finding that
05/22/2026
You Now Have More Insight Than Ever. Your Organization Is Acting on Almost None of It.
Walter Shields I Help People Learn Data Analytics & AI - Simply | Best-Selling Author | LinkedIn Learning Instructor (526K+ Learners) May 22, 2026 AI tools have made it faster than ever to produce analytical insight. The same tools have done nothing to make organizations faster at acting on it.
05/21/2026
Your Boss Just Asked You to Measure ChatGPT Ad ROI. The Metrics You Know Do Not Work Here.
Walter Shields I Help People Learn Data Analytics & AI - Simply | Best-Selling Author | LinkedIn Learning Instructor (526K+ Learners) May 21, 2026 OpenAI launched its self-serve advertising platform this month. ChatGPT now runs ads for any business, no minimum spend required.
05/20/2026
The Skill That Ends More Data Analyst Careers Than Any Layoff. Nobody Talks About It.
Walter Shields I Help People Learn Data Analytics & AI - Simply | Best-Selling Author | LinkedIn Learning Instructor (526K+ Learners) May 20, 2026 There is a ceiling inside the data analyst career that almost nobody mentions when describing the role. It is not technical.
05/19/2026
Every Data Analyst Should Watch One Thing at Google I/O Today. Here Is What It Is.
Walter Shields I Help People Learn Data Analytics & AI - Simply | Best-Selling Author | LinkedIn Learning Instructor (526K+ Learners) May 19, 2026 Google I/O opens today. The keynote starts at 1pm ET.
05/18/2026
Your Stakeholders Can Now Do Their Own Analysis in Google Sheets. Tomorrow Google Goes Further.
Walter Shields I Help People Learn Data Analytics & AI - Simply | Best-Selling Author | LinkedIn Learning Instructor (526K+ Learners) May 18, 2026 Google announced conversational data analysis directly inside Google Sheets at Cloud Next last month. A stakeholder can now describe what they want to un