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Jenny G. Rankin, PhD @jennygrankin.bsky.social · 1h

Eagle Mining Co. in Julian FUN FACT: ✨Gold was discovered near Julian in 1869, briefly turning the mountain settlement into a Southern California mining center.

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Jenny G. Rankin, PhD @jennygrankin.bsky.social · 2h

📈💬💡 Form a representative group of customers, staff, or community members who regularly review proposed measures & displays. Ask which metrics help real decisions & which labels or thresholds mislead. #DataCommunication #Leadership #ChangeManagement

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Jenny G. Rankin, PhD @jennygrankin.bsky.social · 8h

Eagle Mining Co. in Julian FUN FACT: ✨Julian's Eagle and High Peak mines preserve tunnels from the area's 1870s gold boom and can still be toured underground.

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Jenny G. Rankin, PhD @jennygrankin.bsky.social · 9h

📈💬💡 Assign a separate group to challenge assumptions, test edge cases, consider alternative explanations, & try to produce failure. Require the main team to address each concern. #DataCommunication #Leadership #ChangeManagement

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Jenny G. Rankin, PhD @jennygrankin.bsky.social · 20h

📈💬💡 Before releasing a model, metric, or dashboard, require review by a changing group that includes an end user & a skeptic. Have the panel assess sampling, fairness, limitations, & approval criteria. #DataCommunication #Leadership #CriticalThinking

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Jenny G. Rankin, PhD @jennygrankin.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Julian FUN FACT: ✨Julian's gold rush began in 1869, making it one of Southern California's rare historic gold-mining towns.

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Jenny G. Rankin, PhD @jennygrankin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

📈💬💡 Have analysts, technical staff, subject experts, & users examine the same data together. Ask each person what the display shows, what it misses, & how it would affect a real decision. #DataCommunication #Leadership #OrganizationalPsychology

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Jenny G. Rankin, PhD @jennygrankin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Is was such an honor to get to #keynote this last night! Special thanks to all the Kya superstars who made it happen (e.g., Lisa Chavez & Lynne Lees), to Lynn Nguyen for the photos, & to all the fabulous attendees! Keep an eye out for future #HerizonAtKya symposiums! #WomenSupportingWomen

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Taylor Doe @taylordoe.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

First post on @bsky.app is a fun one! Had a great conversation with @jennygrankin.bsky.social about And Then Moments and how we, as adults, can open doors for more kids. Check out the new @psychologytoday.com article below! #mentorship #students #workforcedevelopment #edchat #success

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Jenny G. Rankin, PhD @jennygrankin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

📈💬💡 Have a smaller sample answer survey questions in their own words before finalizing multiple-choice options. Use those responses to ensure the final survey includes concerns respondents actually have. #DataCommunication #DataLiteracy #ResearchCommunication

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Jenny G. Rankin, PhD @jennygrankin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Irvine Regional Park FUN FACT: ✨The land began as part of the vast Irvine Ranch, and the park's old sycamores still hint at its 19th-century picnic-ground origins.

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Jenny G. Rankin, PhD @jennygrankin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Irvine Regional Park FUN FACT: ✨Irvine Regional Park opened in 1897 and is generally regarded as Orange County's oldest regional park.

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Jenny G. Rankin, PhD @jennygrankin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

📈💬💡 Include people who will use or be affected by the data when selecting questions, labels, metrics, & success criteria. Their perspective can reveal needs that data collectors & decision-makers overlooked. #DataCommunication #DecisionMaking #ResearchCommunication

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Jenny G. Rankin, PhD @jennygrankin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

📈💬💡 Before communicating results, examine who produced the data, who is absent, & whether one culture or demographic dominates the sample. Biased inputs can create biased conclusions. #DataCommunication #DataLiteracy #DataEthics

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Jenny G. Rankin, PhD @jennygrankin.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Dana Point FUN FACT: ✨Dana Point is named for Richard Henry Dana Jr., who described the area's dramatic coastal cliffs in his 1840 memoir Two Years Before the Mast.

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Jenny G. Rankin, PhD @jennygrankin.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

📈💬💡 Leaders should invite criticism, discuss feedback they received, & show that changing course after new evidence is acceptable. When leaders demonstrate this behavior, employees are more likely to speak honestly. #DataCommunication #Leadership #Metacognition

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Jenny G. Rankin, PhD @jennygrankin.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Borrego Springs FUN FACT: ✨Borrego Springs is surrounded by Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, California's largest state park.

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Jenny G. Rankin, PhD @jennygrankin.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

📈💬💡 Methods that work in one location may fail elsewhere because expectations about hierarchy, criticism, autonomy, or directness differ. Preserve the goal while adjusting the process & delivery. #DataCommunication #Leadership #OrganizationalPsychology

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Jenny G. Rankin, PhD @jennygrankin.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

📈💬💡 Explain what information informed a decision, which tradeoffs were considered, & what later proved wrong. Transparency helps people evaluate data-informed decisions & supports a culture of correction. #DataCommunication #Leadership #Metacognition

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Jenny G. Rankin, PhD @jennygrankin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

📈💬💡 Give employees direct ways to raise questions, concerns, & alternative interpretations across departmental & seniority boundaries. Early access reduces delays & prevents avoidable errors. #DataCommunication #Leadership #OrganizationalPsychology

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Jenny G. Rankin, PhD @jennygrankin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Calling all #ProfessionalWomen & #Accomplices!🦸‍♀️ If you want to reach resistant audiences when you share facts & ideas,💡 attend my keynote🎤 at another fantastic (& free) HERizon Symposium!🙌 RSVP: hubs.ly/Q04xj5Cw0 October 1, 2026, at 4:00PM 📍 1800 E. McFadden Ave, Santa Ana, CA #WomenSupportingWome

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Jenny G. Rankin, PhD @jennygrankin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Half Moon Bay Banana Slug FUN FACT: ✨Banana slugs can stretch to nearly 10 inches long, making them among the largest land slugs in North America.

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Jenny G. Rankin, PhD @jennygrankin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

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Jenny G. Rankin, PhD @jennygrankin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

📈💬💡 Place data specialists close to the people making operational or creative decisions. Regular collaboration helps analysts understand context & helps other specialists interpret findings correctly. #DataCommunication #Leadership #OrganizationalPsychology

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Jenny G. Rankin, PhD @jennygrankin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Half Moon Bay FUN FACT: ✨Half Moon Bay was once called Spanishtown before taking its present name in the 19th century.

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Jenny G. Rankin, PhD @jennygrankin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

📈💬💡 Allow people to disagree openly before a data-informed decision. After the responsible decision-maker chooses, clarify that the team should implement the decision unless new evidence justifies reopening it. #DataCommunication #Leadership #OrganizationalPsychology

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Jenny G. Rankin, PhD @jennygrankin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Half Moon Bay FUN FACT: ✨The Coastside's cool foggy climate is ideal for mushroom hunting, Brussels sprouts, artichokes, flowers, and pumpkins (plus scenic coastal farming).

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Jenny G. Rankin, PhD @jennygrankin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

📈💬💡 Invite broad input, but give greater weight to people with knowledge directly related to the decision. A creative decision & a technical decision may require different expert voices. #DataCommunication #DecisionMaking #OrganizationalPsychology

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Jenny G. Rankin, PhD @jennygrankin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Half Moon Bay Goat Yoga FUN FACT: ✨Goats are natural climbers, which helps explain why they are so eager to hop onto a person's back during low yoga poses.

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Jenny G. Rankin, PhD @jennygrankin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

📈💬💡 Ask people at different levels & from different specialties to challenge the proposed interpretation. Make disagreement (before decisions) expected & appreciated, rather than treating it as disloyalty. #DataCommunication #Leadership #PsychologicalSafety

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Jenny G. Rankin, PhD @jennygrankin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Thank you, Mensa, for the chance to deliver a Theodore Talk yesterday!🎙️ 1,310 registrants 😮 from 34 different countries 😮 = Wow❗ Thank you everyone for your time, & special thanks to Brad Lucht & Shirley Mouer for making it happen!🥰 #Mensa #TheodoreTalks

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Jenny G. Rankin, PhD @jennygrankin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

📈💬💡 Highlight clear principles that apply to all teams, such as learning, customer benefit, accuracy, or responsible experimentation. Shared values can reduce the tendency to treat another department as an outgroup. #DataCommunication #Leadership #ValuesBasedCommunication

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Jenny G. Rankin, PhD @jennygrankin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Half Moon Bay Goat Yoga FUN FACT: ✨At Lemos Farm's Half Moon Bay goat yoga, roughly 15–20 small goats may wander through a class, climb on participants, or nibble clothing.

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Jenny G. Rankin, PhD @jennygrankin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

📈💬💡 Teams may differ in language, priorities, risk tolerance, & their trust in data. Identify these differences before disputes about data arise, then design a process that honors each team’s expertise. #DataCommunication #Leadership #OrganizationalPsychology

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Jenny G. Rankin, PhD @jennygrankin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

📈💬💡 Use data to inform decisions, but also include relevant expertise, relationships, ethics, & variables the dataset does not measure. Do not treat an algorithm as an automatic decision-maker. #DataCommunication #DecisionMaking #Leadership

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Jenny G. Rankin, PhD @jennygrankin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The Ritz-Carlton Half Moon Bay FUN FACT: ✨The resort has two adjacent championship golf courses, including an oceanfront finishing stretch that makes the setting unusually dramatic.

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Jenny G. Rankin, PhD @jennygrankin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

📈💬💡 Give relevant teams practical tools to design, run, & interpret tests so they can interact with data (like through A/B testing) without depending on a small specialist group for every step. #DataCommunication #Leadership #ChangeManagement

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Jenny G. Rankin, PhD @jennygrankin.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The Ritz-Carlton Half Moon Bay FUN FACT: ✨The property leans into the area's agricultural identity—even pumpkin treatments have appeared on its spa menu.

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Jenny G. Rankin, PhD @jennygrankin.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

📈💬💡 A broader purpose or guiding value can preserve continuity while products & methods change. This helps employees accept evidence that supports a major shift. #DataCommunication #Leadership #OrganizationalPsychology

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Jenny G. Rankin, PhD @jennygrankin.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

📈💬💡 Do not treat the organization’s current product, process, or market as permanent. Make it acceptable to revise what the organization does when data shows that conditions have changed. #DataCommunication #Leadership #ChangeManagement

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Jenny G. Rankin, PhD @jennygrankin.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Caspers Wilderness Park FUN FACT: ✨Ronald W. Caspers Wilderness Park protects roughly 8,000 acres of canyons, terraces, and chaparral in Orange County's Santa Ana Mountains.

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Jenny G. Rankin, PhD @jennygrankin.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

📈💬💡 Give people a common goal & have them work with the evidence together rather than as competing individuals. Shared analysis can increase cooperation & collective performance. #DataCommunication #Leadership #OrganizationalPsychology

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Jenny G. Rankin, PhD @jennygrankin.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Montage Healdsburg FUN FACT: ✨The property includes trails and preserved open space rather than functioning only as a conventional hotel complex.

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Jenny G. Rankin, PhD @jennygrankin.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

📈💬💡 Have a messenger who once held your audience's views describe their previous stance, the evidence or experience that challenged it, & the steps that led to change. This gives the audience a possible path for reconsideration. #DataCommunication #DataStorytelling #BeliefChange

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Jenny G. Rankin, PhD @jennygrankin.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Healdsburg FUN FACT: ✨The town was named for Harmon Heald, who laid out the community in the 1850s during California's post-Gold Rush growth.

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Jenny G. Rankin, PhD @jennygrankin.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

📈💬💡 A person who once held the audience’s flawed position can explain their change without appearing unfamiliar with the audience’s concerns. Make the former shared identity clear before dialog begins. #DataCommunication #SocialPsychology #Trust

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Jenny G. Rankin, PhD @jennygrankin.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

📈💬💡 Choose a setting, introduction, question, or example that reminds the audience of the identity most likely to support fair consideration of the data you are about to present. #DataCommunication #SocialPsychology #SocialIdentity

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Jenny G. Rankin, PhD @jennygrankin.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

📈💬💡 Before different specialists analyze data together, remind them of a meaningful shared role or goal. Feeling like one professional group can improve cooperation, idea quality, & performance. #DataCommunication #Leadership #SocialIdentity

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Jenny G. Rankin, PhD @jennygrankin.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

🎬 Moving People with Data 5/5: Nudge People to Not Only Agree, but to Act — See entire video series at ➡️ www.youtube.com/@jennygrankin ⬅️ #Nudge #BehavioralScience #BehaviorChange #Psychology #DataCommunication #DecisionMaking #ChoiceArchitecture #Action #Persuasion #DataLiteracy

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