I don't want to sound too dismissive, but middle management does love their dashboards. I mean, I can definitely see the allure ( I am currently learning how to

I don't want to sound too dismissive, but middle management does love their dashboards. I mean, I can definitely see the allure ( I am currently learning how to prepare them in R -- fun times ). So as long as they can blame.. sorry.. as long as they can point to something that informed their decision, it counts as a win. Whether it is some variation of the current buzzwords 'natural impression timeline increased holistically' or shiny dashboard that shows they are doing something, it seems to do that job. And good god do they need it; I can tell my boss's boss is not the same since Covid since he can't walk around and badger us about the recent sports team event.