Tim Wilson
@tgwilson.bsky.social
R enthusiast. Part-time wit. Full-time curmudgeon.
🧑🔧 Head of Solutions at lessandbetter.bsky.social
🎤 Co-host of https://analyticshour.io
📙 Co-author of Analytics the Right Way: https://amzn.to/3DajcaD
🧑🔧 Head of Solutions at lessandbetter.bsky.social
🎤 Co-host of https://analyticshour.io
📙 Co-author of Analytics the Right Way: https://amzn.to/3DajcaD
Stick around one profession long enough, and you're bound to start telling tales of your professional past. On this episode of the Analytics Power Hour, the co-hosts all shared some of the beliefs of their earlier selves that no longer hold up today. analyticshour.io/2025/11/11/2...
#284: I Used to Think…But Not Any More
As the world turns, a couple of things happen: 1) we grow and learn, and 2) the world changes. On this episode, inspired by a job interview question, the hosts walked through a range of thoughts and b...
analyticshour.io
November 11, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Stick around one profession long enough, and you're bound to start telling tales of your professional past. On this episode of the Analytics Power Hour, the co-hosts all shared some of the beliefs of their earlier selves that no longer hold up today. analyticshour.io/2025/11/11/2...
More data! More! More! Big! Yattabytes! Well, maybe not. Who's out there defending the value of small data? On the latest episode of the Analytics Power Hour, we sat down with @joedom.bsky.social to do just that! analyticshour.io/2025/10/28/2...
#283: Good Things (Can) Come in Small Datasets with Joe Domaleski
Does size matter? When it comes to datasets, the conventional wisdom seems to be a resounding, "Yes!" But what about small datasets? Small- and mid-sized businesses and nonprofits, especially, often h...
analyticshour.io
October 28, 2025 at 11:26 AM
More data! More! More! Big! Yattabytes! Well, maybe not. Who's out there defending the value of small data? On the latest episode of the Analytics Power Hour, we sat down with @joedom.bsky.social to do just that! analyticshour.io/2025/10/28/2...
Some newly found details about why that already thin “return” line on Minard’s famous visualization of Napoleon’s march to/from Russia got even thinner: www.scientificamerican.com/article/anci...
Napoleon’s Army Defeat Linked to Unexpected Pathogens, DNA Study Shows
Disease-causing bacteria that have been recently discovered in the teeth of Napoleonic soldiers may have spurred the massive infantry’s demise during its retreat from Russia
www.scientificamerican.com
October 27, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Some newly found details about why that already thin “return” line on Minard’s famous visualization of Napoleon’s march to/from Russia got even thinner: www.scientificamerican.com/article/anci...
The latest episode of the Analytics Power Hour podcast brought Chris Dalla Riva on to discuss how he listened to every #1 song on the Billboard Hot 100 going back to 1958 to create a rich dataset. The parallels to the day-to-day work of the modern analyst were many! analyticshour.io/2025/10/14/2...
#282: Using (and Creating!) Data to Understand Pop Culture with Chris Dalla Riva
Data does not just magically spring into existence. Someone, somewhere, has to decide what data gets created and the rules for its creation. We would claim that this often starts as a pretty simple ex...
analyticshour.io
October 14, 2025 at 10:04 AM
The latest episode of the Analytics Power Hour podcast brought Chris Dalla Riva on to discuss how he listened to every #1 song on the Billboard Hot 100 going back to 1958 to create a rich dataset. The parallels to the day-to-day work of the modern analyst were many! analyticshour.io/2025/10/14/2...
“Stop giving me tables. Give me the 'so what'.” On the latest episode of the Analytics Power Hour podcast, Flybuys CEO Anna Lee shares a CEO-level view of what makes analytics teams succeed, from productive curiosity to informed pragmatism. analyticshour.io/2025/09/30/2...
#281: Analytics: The View from the Corner Office with Anna Lee
From spreadsheets to strategy: what does data look like from the CEO’s chair? For this episode, we sat down with Anna Lee, CEO of Flybuys and former CFO/COO of THE ICONIC, to get her view on data-led ...
analyticshour.io
September 30, 2025 at 12:21 PM
“Stop giving me tables. Give me the 'so what'.” On the latest episode of the Analytics Power Hour podcast, Flybuys CEO Anna Lee shares a CEO-level view of what makes analytics teams succeed, from productive curiosity to informed pragmatism. analyticshour.io/2025/09/30/2...
Do you know how old you are, your gender, and how much you tend to know lyrics for popular songs? Even if you don’t, this Sunday read from Walt Hickey is a fun one: open.substack.com/pub/numlock/...
Numlock Sunday: What song does everybody know?
Introducing your future national anthem.
open.substack.com
September 21, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Do you know how old you are, your gender, and how much you tend to know lyrics for popular songs? Even if you don’t, this Sunday read from Walt Hickey is a fun one: open.substack.com/pub/numlock/...
What is a dashboard? According to @acotgreave.bsky.social and his co-authors, “A dashboard is a visual display of data used to monitor conditions and/or facilitate understanding." Whether or not you're already triggered, this podcast episode is worth a listen! analyticshour.io/2025/09/16/2...
#280: Dashboards Must Die! Long Live Dashboards! with Andy Cotgreave
If you didn’t have a visceral reaction to the title for this episode, then you are almost certainly not in our target audience. There are few more certain ways to get a room full of analytics folk fir...
analyticshour.io
September 16, 2025 at 3:45 PM
What is a dashboard? According to @acotgreave.bsky.social and his co-authors, “A dashboard is a visual display of data used to monitor conditions and/or facilitate understanding." Whether or not you're already triggered, this podcast episode is worth a listen! analyticshour.io/2025/09/16/2...
Some people see Life as just a series of interconnected processes. I'm married to one of those people. That may be how she got name-checked on this episode. Like it or not, processes underpin many aspects of the analyst's job, and that made for a useful discussion! analyticshour.io/2025/09/02/2...
#279 – The Process(es) of Analytics (We Have Thoughts)
What is "process" in analytics? On the one hand, it can be seen as a detailed sequence of minutia by which anything that needs to be repeated in the world of analytics gets carried out in a structured...
analyticshour.io
September 2, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Some people see Life as just a series of interconnected processes. I'm married to one of those people. That may be how she got name-checked on this episode. Like it or not, processes underpin many aspects of the analyst's job, and that made for a useful discussion! analyticshour.io/2025/09/02/2...
Something of a #showerthought: in 30 years, a bunch of middle-aged folks will be listening to and experiencing Taylor Swift nostalgically in the same way that I'm listening to Fleetwood Mac, CCR, Heart, and James Taylor now.
August 27, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Something of a #showerthought: in 30 years, a bunch of middle-aged folks will be listening to and experiencing Taylor Swift nostalgically in the same way that I'm listening to Fleetwood Mac, CCR, Heart, and James Taylor now.
AI is changing the world! AI is going to replace analysts! Wait a minute. A LANGUAGE model is going to crunch numbers in a reliable AND useful way? Hmmm... The latest episode of the Analytics Power Hour podcast with guest Juliana Jackson thought this through. analyticshour.io/2025/08/19/2...
#278: Is AI Good at Data Analysis? That's the Wrong Question! with Juliana Jackson
Imagine a world where business users simply fire up their analytics AI tool, ask for some insights, and get a clear and accurate response in return. That’s the dream, isn’t it? Is it just around the c...
analyticshour.io
August 19, 2025 at 11:30 AM
AI is changing the world! AI is going to replace analysts! Wait a minute. A LANGUAGE model is going to crunch numbers in a reliable AND useful way? Hmmm... The latest episode of the Analytics Power Hour podcast with guest Juliana Jackson thought this through. analyticshour.io/2025/08/19/2...
Fun and useful exploration of specific challenges of drawing district maps as the theme for today's Numlock News—@oliviawalch.bsky.social takes a day while @walthickey.bsky.social is on vacation. www.numlock.com/p/numlock-ne...
Numlock News: August 6, 2025 • Gerrymander, Coin Flips, Sampling
By Olivia Walch
www.numlock.com
August 6, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Fun and useful exploration of specific challenges of drawing district maps as the theme for today's Numlock News—@oliviawalch.bsky.social takes a day while @walthickey.bsky.social is on vacation. www.numlock.com/p/numlock-ne...
The latest episode of the Analytics Power Hour podcast was a discussion about ANOVA with @chelseaparlett.bsky.social . Don't worry. She hasn't changed her position that it's linear models all the way down! It was a fun and useful chat! analyticshour.io/2025/08/05/2...
#277: ANOVA? I Hardly Know Ya'! with Chelsea Parlett-Pelleriti
Did you know that, upon closer inspection, many a statistical test will reveal that "it’s just a linear model" (#IJALM)? That wound up being a key point that our go-to statistician, Chelsea Parlett-Pe...
analyticshour.io
August 5, 2025 at 12:06 PM
The latest episode of the Analytics Power Hour podcast was a discussion about ANOVA with @chelseaparlett.bsky.social . Don't worry. She hasn't changed her position that it's linear models all the way down! It was a fun and useful chat! analyticshour.io/2025/08/05/2...
Very useful explanation of the role of priors (and the challenges therein) when using a Bayesian approach with MMMs. The trick is to think really hard up front, ensure that thinking is consistent and reasonable, and then...keep thinking. 😀 getrecast.com/what-are-pri...
What Are Priors in MMM – And Why They’re Difficult to Get Right (But You Need To) - Recast
Priors prevent bad MMM outputs. Here’s why they matter, why they’re hard to set, and how Recast builds them right.
getrecast.com
July 31, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Very useful explanation of the role of priors (and the challenges therein) when using a Bayesian approach with MMMs. The trick is to think really hard up front, ensure that thinking is consistent and reasonable, and then...keep thinking. 😀 getrecast.com/what-are-pri...
Kinda' fun. The Strava #measure group has hit 20 members. All activities, global membership. @lukascech.bsky.social is a beast... www.strava.com/clubs/measure
London, England, United Kingdom | measure
A loose and unaffiliated companion to #measure Slack, perhaps?
Honestly... there was next to no thought put into the creation of this Strava group, which perfectly aligns with both the career and ph...
www.strava.com
July 29, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Kinda' fun. The Strava #measure group has hit 20 members. All activities, global membership. @lukascech.bsky.social is a beast... www.strava.com/clubs/measure
BI tools are much-maligned. Is that because THEY SHOULD BE or because THEY'RE TRYING TO MEET IMPOSSIBLE EXPECTATIONS‽ The latest episode of the Analytics Power Hour podcast tackled that question. analyticshour.io/2025/07/22/2...
#276: BI is Dead! Long Live BI! With Colin Zima
Product managers for BI platforms have it easy. They "just" need to have the dev team build a tool that gives all types of users access to all of the data they should be allowed to see in a way that i...
analyticshour.io
July 22, 2025 at 12:48 PM
BI tools are much-maligned. Is that because THEY SHOULD BE or because THEY'RE TRYING TO MEET IMPOSSIBLE EXPECTATIONS‽ The latest episode of the Analytics Power Hour podcast tackled that question. analyticshour.io/2025/07/22/2...
Judging by the those green banners on LinkedIn, the latest episode of the Analytics Power Hour is worth a listen! Even if you're not actively on the market right now, chances are you will be some time in the next few years! analyticshour.io/2025/07/08/2...
#275: The Modern Data…Job Search with Albert Bellamy
It’s a process few people genuinely enjoy, but it’s one which we all find ourselves going through periodically in our careers: landing a new job. We grabbed MajorData himself, Albert Bellamy, for a wi...
analyticshour.io
July 8, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Judging by the those green banners on LinkedIn, the latest episode of the Analytics Power Hour is worth a listen! Even if you're not actively on the market right now, chances are you will be some time in the next few years! analyticshour.io/2025/07/08/2...
"AI will free workers up to do higher-value work" is an abstract idea based on a vague notion that vast swaths of the workforce are spending significant portions of their time doing pseudo-mindless repetitive drudgery & all they need is "time" to do more and deeper thought work. I'm not buying it.
a man says i 'm a little skeptical while wearing earrings
ALT: a man says i 'm a little skeptical while wearing earrings
media.tenor.com
June 27, 2025 at 2:06 PM
"AI will free workers up to do higher-value work" is an abstract idea based on a vague notion that vast swaths of the workforce are spending significant portions of their time doing pseudo-mindless repetitive drudgery & all they need is "time" to do more and deeper thought work. I'm not buying it.
The latest episode of the Analytics Power Hour podcast was a deep dive into synthetic data with special guest Winston Li. The discussion was all about this sci-fi sounding data, how it's made, where it shines, and where it falls short! analyticshour.io/2025/06/24/2...
#274: Real Talk About Synthetic Data with Winston Li
Synthetic data: it's a fascinating topic that sounds like science fiction but is rapidly becoming a practical tool in the data landscape. From machine learning applications to safeguarding privacy, sy...
analyticshour.io
June 24, 2025 at 1:26 PM
The latest episode of the Analytics Power Hour podcast was a deep dive into synthetic data with special guest Winston Li. The discussion was all about this sci-fi sounding data, how it's made, where it shines, and where it falls short! analyticshour.io/2025/06/24/2...
June 22, 2025 at 4:02 PM
You get a data product! And YOU get a data product! Wait. What actually makes a data product a data product? It's trickier than we thought (and it seems useful to actually nail that down)! Thus...the latest episode of the Analytics Power Hour podcast. analyticshour.io/2025/06/10/2...
#273: Data Products Are… Assets? Platforms? Warehouses? Infrastructure? Oh, Dear. with Eric Sandosham
Is it just us, or are data products becoming all the rage? Is Google Trends a data product that could help us answer that question? What actually IS a data product? And does it even matter that we hav...
analyticshour.io
June 10, 2025 at 3:48 PM
You get a data product! And YOU get a data product! Wait. What actually makes a data product a data product? It's trickier than we thought (and it seems useful to actually nail that down)! Thus...the latest episode of the Analytics Power Hour podcast. analyticshour.io/2025/06/10/2...
I pretty much knew what this piece was going to say, but I've always known I was above average when it comes to intuition on this sort of thing. 😜 today.yougov.com/society/arti...
Men are more likely than women to say they’re above average in sense of humor, intelligence, confidence, and self-awareness | YouGov
Among 60 areas asked about in the survey, more than half of Americans rate themselves above average in 17. In 51, Americans are more likely to rate themselves above average than below average.
today.yougov.com
June 2, 2025 at 1:35 PM
I pretty much knew what this piece was going to say, but I've always known I was above average when it comes to intuition on this sort of thing. 😜 today.yougov.com/society/arti...
Every time my watch notifies me that I've just achieved a move or stand goal when I've been sitting at my desk typing for over an hour.
a bald man with a beard is saying what
ALT: a bald man with a beard is saying what
media.tenor.com
May 30, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Every time my watch notifies me that I've just achieved a move or stand goal when I've been sitting at my desk typing for over an hour.
Every analyst finds themselves grappling with the curse of knowledge on a regular basis: the name of the metric makes it sound simple, but the actual definition has nuance. What to do‽ analyticshour.io/2025/05/27/2...
#272: When the Metric is Calculated and Complex with Dan McCarthy
No matter how simple a metric's name makes it sound, the details are often downright devilish. What is a website visit? What is revenue? What is a customer? Go one level deeper with a metric like cust...
analyticshour.io
May 27, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Every analyst finds themselves grappling with the curse of knowledge on a regular basis: the name of the metric makes it sound simple, but the actual definition has nuance. What to do‽ analyticshour.io/2025/05/27/2...
Dr. Lindsay Juarez from Irrational Labs joined the Analytics Power Hour podcast for our latest episode—behavioral science meets analytics! analyticshour.io/2025/05/13/2...
#271: It Might Be Irrational, but Let's Talk Behavioral Science with Dr. Lindsay Juarez
Data that tracks what users and customers do is behavioral data. But behavioral science is much more about why humans do things and what sorts of techniques can be employed to nudge them to do somethi...
analyticshour.io
May 13, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Dr. Lindsay Juarez from Irrational Labs joined the Analytics Power Hour podcast for our latest episode—behavioral science meets analytics! analyticshour.io/2025/05/13/2...
Reposted by Tim Wilson
It’s hard to imagine NOT looking back on 2025 and seeing it as a period of dramatic uncertainty. In the hear and now, that can be panic-inducing. Is it possible to harness that panicked energy for good? We think so: thefocus.factsandfeelings.io/being-eviden... youtu.be/U1sJdKb6IIM
Being Evidence-Driven in Uncertain Times
YouTube video by facts & feelings
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May 1, 2025 at 2:22 PM
It’s hard to imagine NOT looking back on 2025 and seeing it as a period of dramatic uncertainty. In the hear and now, that can be panic-inducing. Is it possible to harness that panicked energy for good? We think so: thefocus.factsandfeelings.io/being-eviden... youtu.be/U1sJdKb6IIM