Dashboards are Dead
Too many of today’s dashboards add friction, not clarity. Learn about the state of data today and where data vizualization is going next.
The Dashboard Dillusion
84% of frontline workers label their dashboard experiences as poor or inaccessible.
The promise of instant clarity has become a placebo; users log in expecting answers but walk away still searching. Despite years of investment, data clarity seems no closer for most organizations. source
The Adoption Abyss
Fewer than 20% of executives believe they’ve built a genuine data culture.
When the tools meant to empower people end up excluding them, digital transformation grinds to a halt. Organizational buy-in collapses under the weight of interfaces that demand expertise instead of delivering answers. source, source
Data Islands: Isolated & Fractured
Businesses bleed $3.1 trillion each year to disconnected data islands, where information sits trapped inside departmental walls. 83% of enterprises report siloed departments, and 97% say this fragmentation chokes productivity.
When finance, IT, and operations can’t share a single source of truth, every dashboard only tells half the truth. source, source
Cold Comfort: Why Dashboards Fail
Beneath the sheen of vibrant charts, most dashboards end up feeling like fancy spreadsheets with frozen capabilities:
- 51% of users can’t interact meaningfully with their data.
- 37% find the insights offered are not actionable.
- 36% say everything moves too slowly to react in real time.
Rigid filters and slow refresh cycles render potential decision engines ineffective, turning them into digital wallpaper. source
Frustration & Waste
Tech fatigue is real:
- 69% of office workers are frustrated with workplace systems
- Employees lose 1.8 hours a day hunting for data. That’s almost a full workday every week spent clicking through menus, refreshing pages, and toggling filters.
Time is the ultimate currency—dashboards are draining budgets and morale in equal measure. source, source
Moving Beyond Dashboards
Data Interaction
Reality Check: Dashboards Still Matter—But They’re Not the Future.
Dashboards are useful for power users. But they won’t fix scattered data or acting on those insights.
The future isn’t about easier dashboards, it’s about not relying on them. Instead, it’s time to interact with your data directly. Smart insights anyone can access right when they need them.
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Language is Power
For too long, dashboards have been bottlenecks—powerful but out of reach for most. Now, AI is rewriting the rules.
LLMs give everyone access to an on-demand data analyst, letting you ask questions in plain language and get instant, precise, context-aware answers. No more wrestling with filters or charts. Just clarity.
This wave of AI demands we rethink our tools and processes. It’s not about tweaking dashboards; it’s about removing barriers so that every team, from finance to IT, shares a single source of truth and moves faster, together.
That’s the future we’re building with Eko
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