Making the most of your data
Hi, I'm Neil!
With over thirty years' experience in data, I can help you with data visualisation design, data and AI literacy training, course development and delivery, data storytelling, or consulting.
I've designed and delivered award winning data literacy courses, I'm a Tableau Hall of Fame Visionary, a long time data visualisation blogger, a frequent speaker, and a published author.
My passion is to help people and organisations understand and communicate their data. Let's work together!
Data Visualisation Design
Bespoke visual narratives that transform complex datasets into clear, actionable insights for your audience.
Data Visualisation & Data Fluency
Empowering teams to read, work with, analyse, and communicate data effectively across your entire organisation.
Data Fluency Training
Expert advisory services to help you navigate data challenges and build a sustainable data-driven culture.
Consulting
Tableau & AI
The Insights Collective
Elevate and consolidate your data skills in the age of AI with our brand new annual subscription Tableau training programme in collaboration with expert trainer Steve Adams at VizDJ.
We do the hard work journeying into Tableau and its AI capabilities so you don't have to
Questions in Dataviz
Neil Richards is the author of 'Questions in Dataviz', published by Taylor & Francis, based on his active blog of the same name.
Here's what others have said:
"Neil delightfully unpacks the whys, the why nots and the hows of this complex subject, in a wonderfully engaging and perfectly nuanced way" - Andy Kirk
"Neil encourages you to ask questions to find your own design driven journey into more creative output" - Giorgia Lupi
My approach - curiosity
I empower organisations to bridge the gap between complex data and clear understanding. By fostering data fluency at every level, I can help transform raw information into meaningful insights, ensuring you or your team can confidently read, work with, and communicate through data. A data culture is crucial to data informed decision making and to the successful implementation of data fluency.
Curiosity and asking questions are integral to becoming comfortable with data. Curiosity is what enables us to interact confidently with AI and remain in control throughout the data visualisation and storytelling process. And curiosity is what encourages designers to understand, bend and break traditional rules to create artistic and unconventional data visualisation output.
What Clients Say
"Neil excels at both sides of the training world, crafting well-structured, thoughtful modules and bringing them to life in the room.
Whether it's data analytics or AI, his gift for storytelling transforms complex technical content into something people actually remember and apply. A rare find."
DANIQUE HEKKEMA
Co-Founder, Databooster
“Neil built and delivered data programmes for one of our largest global clients, initiatives which did not exist before he took the lead, and was able to simplify what can be a very technical space.
People leave his sessions not just trained, but empowered and confident, able to apply their new skills immediately.”
PAUL CHAPMAN
Global Director Client Data and Analytics, JLL
“I just wanted to say hello and thank you for your blog. I’m a PhD student, and both your blog and your book have introduced me to new ideas and new ways of thinking. Truly inspiring, thank you for sharing your work.”
OR MISGAV
PhD Student
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