REAL-WORLD ANALYTICS · BETTER WORK, FEWER SURPRISES
A project spans spreadsheets, dashboards, notes, assumptions and decisions. Months later, you have the results but not the full story. MyDataCanvas gives that work a persistent home.
Keep using Excel, Power BI, Tableau, SQL and Python. These products complement the tools you already use.
Come back next quarter. The question, evidence and reasoning are still together.
Illustrative workspace, not an application screenshot.TWO WAYS TO IMPROVE THE WORK
All the questions, evidence, assumptions, QA and deliverables in one local-first workspace. Find what you did last quarter, why you did it, and what still needs checking.
Get an independent second look at the dashboard you are about to share. Find confusing visuals, incomplete context and comparisons that invite uncomfortable questions.
Dashboard Preflight evaluates the screenshot and context supplied. It does not independently verify underlying source data or calculations.
A BETTER WAY TO WORK
MyDataCanvas preserves the analytical work and judgment behind the answer. Dashboard Preflight reviews how clearly a dashboard communicates that answer. Each solves a different problem.
WATCH A REAL EXAMPLE · FREE
In this Netflix analysis, my first explanation sounded right. Checking the evidence changed the answer. That's the skill behind every Build.
BUILD WITH SOMEONE WHO'S DONE THE WORK
I'm Stephen McDaniel. I worked on customer lifetime value as Netflix's first data scientist, helped create Tableau's original training, and have taught more than 30,000 people. I've also built forecasts for billion-dollar pharmaceutical deals.
This experience shaped the Seven C’s, MyDataCanvas, and the way I approach dashboard quality. More about my work.
FROM PEOPLE I'VE WORKED WITH
“He combines strategic vision with hands-on expertise in data engineering, analytics, and data science.”
“Stephen had an immediate and substantial impact on our team.”
ALSO FROM THE ACCIDENTAL ANALYST
Improve how your people question the data, validate results and make decisions in their existing tools.
Explore team training →Work through an important forecast, dashboard, or business decision with an experienced analyst.
Explore executive help →Practical references and methods from The Accidental Analyst for real-world analytical work.
Visit the Store →GET BUILD UPDATES
Occasional lessons on preserving analytical reasoning, checking dashboards and making defensible decisions.
START WITH ONE REAL PROJECT
Explore MyDataCanvas, or check a dashboard with Preflight before it goes to your audience.
