Data Storytelling – How to Turn Data into Decisions

Data storytelling is a key skill of consultants working at leading firms such as McKinsey or BCG. Learn how to turn data into decisions with this video. I will teach you how to create consulting presentations like strategy consultants at McKinsey, BCG or Bain. This video shares key data storytelling tips that help consultants stand out. Learn how to tell stories with data, combining data insights, visuals and a compelling narrative. think-cell is a PowerPoint plugin that is instrumental to tell stories with data. This communication skills training video teaches essential presentation skills to create consulting-style presentations.

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Chapters
00:00 Introduction to Storytelling with Data
03:04 Example - Adjusting the Story to the Audience
06:18 Key Tool for Data Storytelling (think-cell)
08:26 Practical Tips to Sharpen the Narrative
11:07 Improving the Visuals

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[Gorlenius]

Props to think-cell, pretty cool that students get free licenses! Important tool to learn before starting your consulting career.

[lolzorkont]

Great video again for many people out there. Personally I been using storytelling with data for 6 years. First 5 years as an external consultant and now since 1 year as an internal strategy consultant for a major retailer. One thing which works very well is a slide with the facts, the "so what" and "what's next". So pretty much the facts, conclusions and recommendations. Translation from data into insights into strategy.

[MattGillis]

Story telling is key to everything. People relate and remember your message better when they can relate through a story.

[shanti]

Hi Heinrich, absolutely love it. Thank you so much for showing us with the before and after. I mostly struggle to get data cleaned so that it is useable. The story often comes with sidenotes. These insights are so underrated to be able to move forward, so again I really appreciate you want to share your knowledge on this topic. Excellent!

[noisonos]

Damn I needed this video like 1 1/2 weeks ago 😢

Great content though!

[PayneMaximus]

Think-cell looks amazing. Are the personal licenses coming back?

[mcdlr]

Thanks for this great content! Again on point 👌🏻

[msforest]

Wish I had this 6 months ago 😂 but now today is better then Tomorrow.

[SelenaPersad]

Thanks for the great video. Sorry if I missed it but how did you add the chart to ThinkCell?

[Neetutiwari]

Can you please conduct a live zoom session. Where we can learn case solving in an interactive format ?

[BNLien]

Hi. Do you teach this and data visualization and enough data to practise in your course too? Thank you. I have 1 day to practise it. Thank you

[liortepper]

Great video. Thanks.
I have to say that I think that ''Think Cell'' was not explained enough beside the examples

[daveh]

Good till about the 8 minute mark when the video switched from data story telling to a sales pitch for think cell.

[juancarlosvaleron]

@FirmLearning its a bit sad they don't give fixed licenses vs. perpetual licenses. A lot of the world still runs on fixed licenses on the retail side. Think Cell seems to have value but only to corporations.

[TheOrignalTRockz]

Ernsthaft, so schwer ist das „th“ nun auch wieder nicht. Das klingt wie reinstes Hochdeutsch. Andere Sprachen KLINGEN anders. Das hier ist echt schwer auszuhalten. Wird dir kein native speaker sagen, sie sagen es nur denen, die tatsächlich wie native speaker klingen.

Aber das kann echt niemand lange aushalten. Schlimmer als sächsisch. Oder indisches „Indlish“. Du klingst wie wenn Otto Leute nachmacht, die eigentlich kein Englisch sprechen. Wie kann jemand English lernen und zu 100% Deutsch klingen auf dem Level?? Sorry, super Inhalt, aber ich krieg schon die Krise, was glaubst du, wie das für native speaker klingt…