Seven ways to build a BI program that your users will obsess over.

"Can we have better reporting?"
"Shouldn't we measure this?"
"How can we prove it?"

We're in the midst of a massive cultural shift. Up and down the organizational stack, people demand better answers to business questions. So, you'd think BI tools would top the list of most adopted. But here's a scary fact: Gartner estimates that BI adoption rates hover around 30 percent. Yep. 30 percent. While we've recently addressed some of the common reasons BI tools fail, this post is meant to help you transform the culture at your business into a community of people obsessed with managing by the metrics.

Sound impossible? We reached out to our Customer Success team for tried and true ways to get people excited about BI tools. They're on to something with their approach, too. According to Gartner, GoodData's agile BI solutions see an 84% adoption rate.

Click through the slides below to see seven smart, simple ways to drive BI adoption at your organization, and let us know what's worked for you in the comments below.

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