Dashboards people actually use.

Almost every company has a dashboard. Almost no dashboard gets opened daily. The problem is rarely the technology — it's that the thing wasn't built for the person who has to look at it.

Why dashboards gather dust

Three reasons come up again and again. The numbers don't add up (two sources, two truths, so no one trusts it), it's too full (forty charts where you need five), and you have to go and find it yourself (no signal comes to you). One of those three is enough to let a dashboard die.

One source of truth

A dashboard only gets opened when people trust the numbers. That starts with one source: all data comes from the same place, not from loose exports that contradict each other. Trust is the condition, not an extra.

The right five numbers

A good dashboard answers the question someone actually has in the morning, in five numbers or fewer. Not everything you can show, but what someone needs to make a better decision today. The rest is noise.

Let the dashboard come to you

The best dashboard you don't have to open — it sends you a signal when something's up. If stock drops below the limit or a margin slips, the right person gets an alert. A dashboard you use daily is one you only have to open now and then.