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Do not miss the largest annual gathering of the Certified Analytics Professional (CAP) community at Analytics+ Discover the ideas that save millions of dollars and create analytics success stories. 🎟️ Register now bit.ly/4c4Go88 📅 April 12-14 📍National Harbor, MD

🎟️ Register for the 2026 INFORMS Analytics+ Conference! Experience the Decision Centric Mindset Join leaders in analytics, AI, and operations research—and don’t miss the prestigious Franz Edelman Gala. Register 🔗 hubs.ly/Q047cLfD0 📅 April 12-14 📍National Harbor, MD

It's frustrating doing work that goes nowhere. You learn which gotchas to avoid as you gain experience—but learning one failed project at a time is painful. There's another way. Learn the @INFORMS Analytics Framework: hubs.ly/Q040z3X-0

Ever stared at a vague business problem thinking, 'where do I even start?' Melissa Johnson, CAP-X is with you, and she mastered a framework to tackle the ambiguous that make up a lot of analytics work. Ready to level up? Learn about CAP certifications → hubs.ly/Q040yTQQ0

Do you agree with these ratios? It's easy to rush to analysis. But the most efficient projects start differently: 30% of their time on Business Problem Framing upfront. This course from @INFORMS shows you how to invest that critical 30% effectively: hubs.ly/Q040ySrv0

Ever been asked to build a report you knew wouldn't be useful? Stakeholders ask for "actionable insights" while requesting work that can't lead to better decisions. It doesn't have to be that way. Watch the @INFORMS webinar with @zoharstrinka, CAP-X: hubs.ly/Q040zvTZ0

📣 Registration is open for @INFORMS Analytics+ 2026! The conference cost? $1,865. The cost of spending months solving the wrong business problems? Significantly higher. ⬆️ Analytics+ will teach you how to think differently. Register before March 2: hubs.ly/Q040yrPs0

Welcome to the Analytics Certification Board, Dr. Sandy Balkin! The Analytics Certification Board oversees the CAP program and sets standards for the analytics profession—and we're thrilled to welcome Dr. Balkin, SVP Strategy and Analytics for Royalty Pharma.

Jiaxi Zhu, Head of Analytics at Google, breaks down what AI is good at and what it still misses in analytics. ➡️ The gap? Problem framing, org context, stakeholder trust, and translating the technical into business recs. Skills that CAP validates: hubs.ly/Q040x-Qh0

Daniel Rothamel, Director of Operations at @arellohq, gets it. Learn both the technical AND human sides of analytics through the CAP-Essentials prep course from @INFORMS. Because solutions that ignore stakeholders don't get deployed. hubs.ly/Q03_tPgl0

$550. That's the full investment for CAP-Essentials. Everything you need to validate that you understand the full analytics lifecycle—including problem framing, stakeholder alignment, deployment, and lifecycle management. Prove what you're capable of: hubs.ly/Q040T1F50

What if you start 2026 mastering... → Understanding what the right stakeholders actually care about → Turning vague requests into solvable problems → Getting agreement before you build anything Self-paced course. $59. Backed by @INFORMS: hubs.ly/Q03-Z7cG0

CAP-X has been named (again) a top data analytics certification for 2026 by Data Strategy Professionals! 🎉 Thank you @Nicole_Janeway and Data Strategy Professionals for highlighting credentials that go beyond tools and techniques! Learn about CAP: bit.ly/4q3AM3v

Most analytics training focuses on the 10-15%. Model building. Algorithms. Code optimization. But as these two analytics leaders explain in @INFORMS ORMS Today, that's a tiny fraction of what makes analytics projects succeed: bit.ly/4aJQrjV

If you could go back and tell your early-career analytics self ONE thing, what would it be? Not "learn more tools" or "take more courses." The real advice. The thing you wish someone had told you earlier. Drop it below. 👇 Someone just starting out needs to hear it.

2025 was a milestone year for the CAP team at @INFORMS. To everyone who earned their CAP certification in 2025: you're raising the standard for what it means to be an analytics professional. 🏆 Considering certification in 2026? This is your community: bit.ly/4qCsq2P.

Happy New Year! 🎉 Who's a CAP you're thankful to have met in 2025? Tag them below. Let's start 2026 celebrating the analytics professionals who made last year better.

If 80% of analytics projects fail, how do you ensure yours isn't one of them? Follow a proven framework. 🎯 Ready to level up? bit.ly/4ovvFrv

Are your teams: ✔️ Framing the right business problems? ✔️ Aligning with stakeholders? ✔️ Following a proven methodology? ✔️ Deploying solutions that deliver value? The @INFORMS Analytics Framework standardizes excellence. CAP certification validates it: bit.ly/4rA8yhY

Which analyst gets promoted faster? A: Spends 3 weeks building the perfect model, then presents to stakeholders B: Spends 3 days aligning with stakeholders, then builds the right model. Improve your stakeholder engagement skills in this @INFORMS course: bit.ly/4arW85F