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Storytelling with Data Before & After: Makeovers for Charts That Drive Decisions

A practitioner synthesis of Storytelling with Data: Before & After by Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic, Mike Cisneros and Alex Velez—audience, tension, declutter, focus and before/after visual makeovers for consulting and AI metrics storytelling.

AI Playbook2026-07-3115 min readintroductory

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A practitioner synthesis of Storytelling with Data: Before & After by Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic, Mike Cisneros and Alex Velez—audience, tension, declutter, focus and before/after visual makeovers for consulting and AI metrics storytelling.

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