Options for visual data analytics abound. Whether you’re using a standard power house tool like Tableau, or have invested in a custom assessment software tool like P-CIS, you have some impact ready visuals at your fingertips. So I dare you… I dare you and your whole team. For one week, see how many ways you can bring data visuals into the work you’re doing.
Maybe you’ll start with yourself, your personal goals and focus points for the week. Goal for Time Spent: 50% planning and strategizing and 50% face-to-face meetings. Focus points: A list of your direct reports, with the number of clients they each have on their caseload at the moment.
You might then move to your team meetings. Perhaps there’s an onsite training coming up next month on PTSD. What is the proportion of clients on your team’s caseload that have a diagnosis of PTSD? Are those clients evenly distributed across your team, or are their some clinicians who have more of these clients than others? Of clients with a PTSD diagnosis who have discharged from your program in the past 2 years, what proportion discharged successfully and what proportion discharged for other reasons? These questions, brought to life through visuals and real data from your team and your program, can make data driven decision making a regular and natural rhythm for your team.
Now you’re getting the hang of this, you’re getting excited, and you’ve decided to bring it into your next therapy session. Visuals are motivating for clients too! Where are their successes at? What are the areas that you are targeting next as opportunities for improvement? How many of your scheduled meetings have been completed successfully as scheduled?
You’ve done it! You’ve taken visual data analytics into your everyday rhythms of work. Hopefully you have software tools available to you that made that process as easy as a few clicks of a button. If not, check out P-CIS to see how it can help you do just that.
There are countless ways to visualize success and opportunities for growth. Visual data analytics are an exceptional choice for communicating those successes and opportunities with those around you.
