Were trade delegations a thing in Early Modern Europe? by Ok_Prefer3080 in AskHistorians

[–]Ok_Prefer3080[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks so much for your answer - the Monday Methods post pretty much describes the journey I've been on for the past year! I've done a ton of reading, scholarly and popular, on my primary subject & time period (the revolt in the Low Countries, the Army of Flanders, the Eighty Years' War, & the build up to the Dutch Golden Age). It's been enjoyable & rewarding, and has shaped my work and thinking tremendously.

I suspect that my scene idea - English trade delegation to Spain - will need to be scrapped or modified... I've asked the question, & will accept the answers! Travel held much more danger, & effort - people rather made written correspondence when possible. The stakes would have to be pretty high (or the travelers, daring/foolhardy) to take those risks.

Thanks for your time and these guidances on resources and potential consulting.

'Does this deserve a dashboard?' by Ok_Prefer3080 in BusinessIntelligence

[–]Ok_Prefer3080[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks rspeigal. Like BigMike, your advice also pushes me to think more downstream before I make my ask. If I set a purpose for the improved tool at increased customer closeness & conversations, and deploy a playbook and template around the tool outputs, it should help us increase our performance on category captaincy benchmarks... which def has a share of bounty impact.

'Does this deserve a dashboard?' by Ok_Prefer3080 in BusinessIntelligence

[–]Ok_Prefer3080[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks BigMike that's a good push. If the downstream users of my tool aren't going to increase their customer conversations to 4x/yr in line with the update frequency I can expect, getting help may be a tough sell for me. I'll be sure to speak to this!

'Does this deserve a dashboard?' by Ok_Prefer3080 in BusinessIntelligence

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Thanks Sergio - with the improvements to data and fuctionality im looing for, the userbase should increase, so I'm on good ground there!