Thanks- they do on some platforms but not on others. I’ll let our tech team know. In the meantime you can go to www.bigbookofdashboards.com or www.dashboardsthatdeliver.com to check them out.

It is currently available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and directly from Wiley, the book’s publisher. Soon it will be on even more platforms. If you love data, graphs, or just the experience of watching satisfying, elegant makeovers take shape, I hope you’ll give this book a gander. More to come!

I’ve taken great pleasure in introducing many people to “Data At Work” in the 8 years it’s been in my possession. It’s been a valuable resource to me in my own mandatory, and occasionally elective, Excel-ing. You may call it obscure, but if so, to me it is a diamond in the rough.

It was a nice reminder of how much of a positive impact you may be having on people you don’t even know. Being outwardly and genuinely appreciative, beyond standard small talk, feels awkward, but can make someone’s day.

Also: sometimes, when someone asks to see the manager, it’s a good thing.

Soon, the customer returns. She finishes her checkout and leaves. Now it’s my turn at the register, and the cashier says, “ I don’t know who that woman was, but that’s the nicest thing someone has said

The customer whips her head around and says “She is? Hold on. I’ll be right back,” leaves her shopping mid-checkout, and makes a bee line for the manager, who is running a register three or four lanes over.

The cashier smiles, but is a little embarrassed at being publicly praised by a stranger – this is the Midwest after all – and half facetiously says, “Thank you! You should tell our manager that. She’s over there in the striped sweater.“