Ever feel like your work should speak for itself — but somehow it doesn't?

You spend hours digging through data, connecting dots, and crafting insights. The findings are strong. The work is solid.

But when it comes time to share it… crickets.

In fact, one of the most common frustrations I hear from analysts is:
“I delivered the insights, but I don’t know if anyone used them.”

That’s part of the problem though — we can’t just hand off insights, cross our fingers people use them, and move on to the next analysis.

If you want your work to drive action, it needs to be packaged, delivered, and communicated in a way that makes it easy for others to engage with it.

This doesn’t mean becoming a loud self-promoter.

It means being more intentional about how you show up, how you share, and how you set your work up to be used.

Here are six strategies to help you do just that — and make your work (and value) impossible to overlook.

6 Strategies for Building Visibility

1. Summarize key insights in clear, simple language

Why it works:
Most people don't have time (or interest) to dig through a complex analysis. Translating complex findings into simple, human language makes your work more accessible and easier to share.

How to do it:
After each project or report, write a 3–4 sentence summary that explains:

• What you looked at

• What you found

• What it means

• What should happen next

Share it in your team’s Slack channel, an email update, or wherever you share info. Your goal is to make the takeaway unmissable – even for a distracted VP scanning on their phone.

2. Volunteer to give a 5-minute update at a team meeting

Why it works:
Meetings are fantastic opportunities for visibility. A quick, thoughtful update gives you a moment in the spotlight and positions you as someone who not only analyzes data, but understands the bigger picture.

How to do it:
Ask your manager or the meeting lead if you can share a quick update on a recent project. Focus on what you learned and why it matters. Keep it punchy: “Here’s what we found. Here’s what it means. Here’s what we might do next.” Bring a chart if it helps, but don’t overdo it. Your clarity is the value.

3. Send “back pocket” updates to leaders

Why it works:
Senior leaders are constantly prepping for big conversations. If you send them a ready-to-use stat or insight, you make their lives easier – and show them you understand their priorities.

How to do it:
Keep an eye on what’s coming up: all-hands, exec reviews, big launches. Find one insight that could be useful and send it with a short note. But read the room: sometimes it makes sense to send it directly to a leader. Other times, it’s better to pass it through a trusted right-hand person first.

Even if they don’t use it every time, they’ll see you as someone who is thinking one step ahead.

Side bar: This move helped me win over a notoriously hard-to-please exec 😅 

4. Share your knowledge and skills

Why it works: 
Sharing what you’re good at has so many benefits. It builds your credibility, deepens your own understanding, creates new opportunities, expands your network, and turns you into the go-to person for a particular skill or topic.

How to do it:
Pick one of your superpowers (SQL tips? dashboard tricks? data viz?) and share it with coworkers. Options:

• Host a 30-minute lunch-and-learn

• Offer “office hours” for people to bring questions

• Send quick weekly or monthly email tips (yes, like your own internal newsletter 🙂). Keep it short and skimmable. When done right, these can be wildly successful.

5. Track your wins

Why it works:
People forget things. We forget things, including our own wins. Keeping a log of your own impact makes it easier to advocate for yourself and tell the story of your value when it matters most.

How to do it:
Create a simple “weekly wins doc” (see example in the P.S. below) and share it with your manager via email or in your 1:1 doc. Include:

• Wins and milestones

• Positive feedback from others

• How your work contributed to decisions

6. Make your work easier to share

Why it works:
If your work is hard to understand or buried in a 30-slide deck, it won’t get shared (even if it’s brilliant). But if you distill your findings into something short, clear, and polished, people will forward it, reference it, and build on it.

How to do it:
For any major project, build a one-pager or one-slide summary. Include:

• A TL;DR at the top

• 2–3 key takeaways

• One clear next step or recommendation

It might feel awkward to share your work — especially when no one’s asking for it. But remember: visibility doesn’t happen by accident.

Happy insight-sharing,
Morgan

P.S. Here are some resources I think you’ll enjoy:

• Say more by writing less → The Art of Smart Brevity (15 min TEDx Talk)

• Track your impact → Weekly Wins Tracker (Google Doc)

• Translate technical jargon → Statistics cheat sheet (LinkedIn post)