Why most dashboards go unopened
Organisations invest heavily in dashboards, then watch leaders ignore them and ask for the same information by email anyway. The usual diagnosis — 'they're not data-literate' — is almost always wrong. The real problem is that the dashboard was built for the analyst who made it, not the leader who was meant to use it.
A dashboard a leader will open answers their questions, in their language, at a glance — and earns a second visit by being reliably up to date.
Principles from the session
This recorded webinar walks through the principles PRIME uses when building dashboards that get used. Start from the decisions the dashboard should support, not the data you happen to have. Show the few numbers that matter on the landing view and let detail live one click deeper. Use colour to signal meaning — on track, off track — not decoration. And never make a leader interpret a chart when a single sentence of insight would do.
A dashboard that needs a training session to understand has already failed the person it was built for.
What you'll take away
The session covers layout, indicator selection, colour discipline, and the handful of Power BI techniques that make the biggest difference to adoption — illustrated with anonymised examples from real PRIME assignments. It is aimed at MEAL staff and programme managers who build or commission dashboards and want them to be used.
Contact us to request access to the full recording and the accompanying dashboard template.