7 Rare Dashboard Design Rules to Optimize for Business Users
Most business dashboards fail—not because of bad data, but because they ignore how leaders make decisions. Executives need speed, clarity, and trust, not endless charts. Slow load times, cognitive overload, and missing transparency push them back to instincts and spreadsheets. The dashboards that succeed follow counterintuitive rules: simplify, guide attention, layer complexity, and build trust through openness.








