HBR Guide to Data Analytics Basics for Managers

Don't let a fear of numbers hold you back.

Today's business environment brings with it an onslaught of data. Now more than ever, managers must know how to tease insight from data—to understand where the numbers come from, make sense of them, and use them to inform tough decisions. How do you get started?

Whether you're working with data experts or running your own tests, you'll find answers in the HBR Guide to Data Analytics Basics for Managers. This book describes three key steps in the data analysis process, so you can get the information you need, study the data, and communicate your findings to others.

You'll learn how to identify the metrics you need to measure; run experiments and A/B tests; ask the right questions of your data experts; understand statistical terms and concepts; create effective charts and visualizations; and avoid common mistakes.


  1. HBR's 10 Must Reads on Leading with Purpose : (featuring "Creating a Purpose-Driven Organization" by Robert E. Quinn and Anjan V. Thakor)

    Harvard Harvard Business Review, Adam Grant, Ranjay Gulati, Julie Battilana, Michael E. Porter

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  2. HBR's 10 Must Reads on Strategy, Updated and Expanded (featuring "The Five Competitive Forces That Shape Strategy" by Michael E. Porter)

    Harvard Harvard Business Review

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  3. HBR's 10 Must Reads on Change Management, Updated and Expanded (featuring "Leading Change" by John P. Kotter)

    Harvard Harvard Business Review, John P. Kotter, Frances Frei, Vijay Govindarajan, Antonio Nieto-Rodriguez

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  4. Having Difficult Conversations

    Harvard Harvard Business Review

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  5. HBR's 10 Must Reads on Leadership for Healthcare : (with bonus article by Thomas H. Lee, MD, and Toby Cosgrove, MD)

    Harvard Harvard Business Review, Thomas H. Lee, Daniel Goleman, Peter F. Drucker, John P. Kotter

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  6. Authenticity, Identity, and Being Yourself at Work

    Harvard Harvard Business Review

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  7. HBR's 10 Must Reads on Managing Across Cultures

    Harvard Harvard Business Review, Jeanne Brett, Yves L. Doz, Erin Meyer, Hal Gregersen

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  8. HBR's 10 Must Reads on Strategy (including featured article "What Is Strategy?" by Michael E. Porter)

    Harvard Harvard Business Review, Michael E. Porter, W. Chan Kim, Renée Mauborgne

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  9. HBR's 10 Must Reads on Making Smart Decisions

    Harvard Harvard Business Review, Daniel Kahneman, Ram Charan

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  10. HBR's 10 Must Reads on Communication (with featured article "The Necessary Art of Persuasion," by Jay A. Conger)

    Harvard Harvard Business Review, Robert B. Cialdini, Nick Morgan, Deborah Tannen

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  11. HBR's 10 Must Reads on Change Management (including featured article "Leading Change," by John P. Kotter)

    Harvard Harvard Business Review, John P. Kotter, W. Chan Kim, Renée Mauborgne

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  12. HBR's 10 Must Reads on Collaboration

    Harvard Harvard Business Review, Daniel Goleman, Richard Boyatzis, Morten Hansen

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