Reddit mentions of Storytelling with Data: A Data Visualization Guide for Business Professionals

Neither are best practice from an information design perspective. As much as I love Marco, he is not an information designer and you'll know that from many of his presentations.

That said, Marco's (right) is far superior than the one on the left, primarily because his report is more than "this is what happened". You can see that Marco is trying to deliver insight, e.g., comparing to benchmarks.

Below are some high-level issues:

• The report left report uses colour as an aesthetic. It has little meaning.
  
• Author did not use 'snap to grid' when developing
  
• The author (and Marco, too) needs to re-arrange their story. In the western world, we read from left to right, top to bottom. Neither report guides the users attention.
  Similarly, the human eye needs information to be compartmentalized. Personally, I struggle to find structure because neither report has boundaries. Both reports would benefit from using highly transparent visual borders, drop-shadows, icons, or a physical page split, e.g., a line.
  
• "Good design is as little design as possible". The author (and Marco, too) should consider splitting or trimming their reports
  
  Edit: to answer your question, "How to cater for different opinions":
  
  
• Know your audience, how old are they? How many? What do their existing reports look like? etc.
  
• Is the report operational or executive? Usually it's both, i.e., you usually need to make at least two reports.
  
  • Operational reports are a tool to discover insights. These generally have filters and a table of data. Lots of numbers. Often on a daily cadence. Both of the reports in your video are operational in nature. Marco's is actually a nice balance between the two because his attempts to deliver insights.
    
  • Executive reports are designed to tell a story. These generally do not have obvious filters, rarely contain a table of data, render few numbers, and are generally time-phased, e.g., on weekly (or greater) cadence. They should, however, somehow guide the audience into an operational report, e.g., via drill-through.
    
• YOU are the expert! It’s YOUR job to guide the business on report design. Sure, listen to their opinions, but ultimately YOU need to guide them on best practice design. The minute you give them control of design is the minute you get, "I just want 1 table with these 30 columns, thank you!".
  Almost every day I will say: "That is not information design best practice". As with most consulting jobs, you need to learn how to say "no".
  Start here: Storytelling with Data: A Data Visualization Guide for Business Professionals.
  
• General tips: White space is your friend. Icons are your friend. "Snap Objects to Grid" for life. More than 4 visuals on a single report is a problem.