Analytics Cartoons

A gallery of some of my more popular Big Data, Analytics, Business Intelligence, and Performance Management cartoons — feel free to use these in your presentations, university courses, books etc, for free, as long as you drop me a line to let me know what you have planned (telliott at timoelliott dot com),

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Opinions Are Good. Data is Better.

 Cartoon: Why you two have finished arguing your opinions, I actually have data!

Watch out for “Gut Feel”!

Strategic Decisions…

The Bad Data Breakup

Cartoon: It's not you. It's your data.

Big Data Boasts

Cartoon: I think you'll find that mine is bigger than yours!

What You Get If You Don’t Have Analytics. A HIPPO.

Cartoon: No Analytics? Welcome to the Hippo

Some Middle Managers Don’t Like Analytics

 There’s No Reward Without Risk

Cartoon: tracking performance without risk is... shortsighted

 One of The Ironies of Calculating the ROI for BI

Cartoon: I tried to build an ROI case for BI, but I couldn't access any data!

What’s the ROI of What You Don’t Know?

Cartoon: What's the ROI of knowing what you don't know? (I don't know, either)

Business Intelligence Wish Fulfilment

Cartoon: Press this button to save millions of dollars

What’s The ROI of Business Intelligence? Higher than the ROI of Ignorance.

Cartoon: What's the ROI of BI? It's higher than the ROI of ignorance

Data Quality? Cross Your Fingers And Hope…

Cartoon: Yes, you can absolutely trust those numbers

The Daily Life of a BI Incompetency Center

Cartoon: A BI Incompetency Center in action

Stop Confusing Me With Facts

Cartoon: I'm making a decision! Stop confusing me with facts!

Don’t Be A Turkey When It Comes To Predictive Analytics

Cartoon: Turkey does predictive analytics just before thanksgiving

These Analytics Folks Think They Know Everything!

Cartoon: these analytics people think they know everything!

Is Everybody Else Doing It While You Just Watch?

Cartoon: Analytics: worried that everybody else is doing it while you just watch?

Have ERP? Thank Heavens for Analytics

analytics and ERP

Data lake? Bring it on!

[NEW: More Analytics Cartoons]

Comments

230 responses to “Analytics Cartoons”

  1. Leena Avatar
    Leena

    Hello Timo,

    With your permission, I would like to use your Analytics Cartoons as part of my startup company’s educational posts on LinkedIn.

    You work is very creative and interesting! Simply brilliant!

    My best wishes! Keep up the great work!

      1. Leena Avatar
        Leena

        Many thanks

  2. Julius J. Kaminski Avatar

    Dear Timo Elliott,
    Yesterday I came across your inspiring website with the great cartoons. Wonderful work! I would love to use your analytics cartoons for an input talk on “AI-powered personalised learning” at the AI Symposium of the AMEE 2024 conference. AMEE 2024 is the largest health professions education conference in Europe and I will be attending as a representative of the AMEE Technology-enhanced Learning Committee.
    I don’t intend to make any changes to your cartoon, and there will be a link to your site on the slide. Would that be all right with you?

    Kind regards from Berlin
    Julius

    1. Timo Elliott Avatar

      Thanks for asking, please go ahead!

  3. Shreyansh Pranshu Avatar
    Shreyansh Pranshu

    Hi
    May we use a few of your cartoons for social media campaign, mainly LinkedIn, for my company?

  4. SHREYANSH PRANSHU Avatar
    SHREYANSH PRANSHU

    Hello Sir, if it is OK, can I use them for some of the LinkedIn posts for my company.
    I have found them very interesting and smart.

  5. Becky L Avatar
    Becky L

    Hi!
    May I use your “opinions are good, data is better” for a presentation?

    1. Timo Elliott Avatar

      Becky, yes, please go ahead… thanks for letting me know!

  6. Sarah Avatar
    Sarah

    May I use your gut feel comic as part of an analytics campaign for my organization?

  7. Rikki Bryant Avatar
    Rikki Bryant

    Hello Timo,

    Awesome work! Would it be possible to be granted permission to include your “Gut Feel” cartoon for a presentation I’ll give at my workplace? I’m presenting on a data management initiative I have spearheaded since joining the organization in February. Your cartoon could be a great way to start my presentation for many audience members with little knowledge of this topic or needing an “icebreaker” to ease into the subject matter.

    Thank you,

    1. Timo Elliott Avatar

      Rikki, please go ahead…

  8. Maykel Manawan Avatar
    Maykel Manawan

    Hi Timo,

    Kindly request permission to use one of your cartoons for presentation in my class or workshops.

    Thank you.
    Maykel

    1. Timo Elliott Avatar

      Maykel, sure! (which ones, out of interest?)

  9. Jane Brown Avatar
    Jane Brown

    Hello Timo,

    With your permission, I would like to use some of your Analytics Cartoons as part of an online course I am creating at Missouri Baptist University entitled Learning Innovations for Continuous School Improvement. These will be aspiring superintendents taking this course.

    I think they might bring some visual interest and levity to a very weighty topice and would like to utilize a few if you would give us the permission to use them in this course.

    Our best wishes and keep up the good work!

    1. Timo Elliott Avatar

      Jane, please go ahead…

  10. G Doniger Avatar
    G Doniger

    Hi Timo,

    You have some really great cartoons. May I use some of them in a presentation I am preparing for my Quantitative Business Analytics class?

    1. Timo Elliott Avatar

      Glen, please go ahead!

  11. Elizabeth Oni Avatar
    Elizabeth Oni

    hello timo, i just have to say, your comics are so great, insight and very funny, and they just sync perfectly for a blog post i am writing for a school report to be posted on medium and graded , i will like to seek permission to use your comic image for educational purposes. i will really appreciate it.

    1. Timo Elliott Avatar

      Elizabeth, please go ahead — and good luck!

  12. Kendel St. John Avatar
    Kendel St. John

    Hello,

    I would like to use one of your cartoons in a presentation to a small group of educators where I will be sharing data on educational outcomes for students with disabilities.

    Thanks so much!

    1. Timo Elliott Avatar

      Apologies for the late reply — you have my full permission, I hope it went well…

  13. Julie Avatar
    Julie

    Hi Timo!

    I’m preparing a short lecture for a small data analytics course, and would love to use some of your work!

    Thanks in advance!

  14. TITIANA Avatar

    Hello Timo,

    With your permission, we’d like to use your Analytics Cartoons as part of our educational posts on our social media accounts (mainly LinkedIn, but also Facebook, Instagram and Twitter sometimes) for our data analytics and BI solutions.

    We find them very creative and we’re thinking of using some of them as part of a series of subject-related posts if you’d give us the permission to use them.

    Our best wishes and keep up the good work!

    1. Timo Elliott Avatar

      Titiana, sure — but be aware that I work for SAP, so I’m probably a competitor!

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