How we present information matters as much as if not more than information itself
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How we present information matters as much as if not more than information itself

Something a bit more enjoyable for Sunday: two visualisations reminding us that how we represent information is as important as the information itself. This point is often overlooked. Many visualisations focus on either the Wow! effect (with a sad “So what…”  question following as the reader can’t make any sense of the visualisation), or hold…

DataVirus threat: targets are now your brain and decision-making
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DataVirus threat: targets are now your brain and decision-making

Do you know what it is about behind the data you trust and use? Recently I had the opportunity to contribute to a LinkedIn post on what new can be said about data that wouldn’t have already been said. A rather difficult but very good question. Most approaches to data usually relate to the importance of its…

Tesco creates 20K jobs. M&S wastes 7K jobs. Business as Usual?
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Tesco creates 20K jobs. M&S wastes 7K jobs. Business as Usual?

Same market, same industry but different C-suite, obviously. We believe that less is more and that the post’s title should be enough. More on this topic CNN: UK’s biggest supermarket adds 16,000 jobs to cope with online shopping boom Retail Gazette: M&S to scrap 7000 jobs Reason‘s blogs:

The Economics of #MeToo & Reference Checks: Do Recruiters Care?
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The Economics of #MeToo & Reference Checks: Do Recruiters Care?

Abuse of power and backlisting are undoubtedly strengthened by dogmatic, arbitrary and unregulated practices of References / Background Checks leaving real risk prevention for businesses and candidates/employees often unaddressed. As a new landmark decision related to #MeToo has just been taken in the US, we are sharing here an article about “The Economics of #MeToo and How to…

Corporate Insights and ‘Single Version of the Truth’ Principle
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Corporate Insights and ‘Single Version of the Truth’ Principle

From assertive goodwill to consistent reality: Why Praxis matters. Clarifications about a highly underestimated strategic question. When it comes to Reporting, Analytics and Insights, there is little more important for organisations than the principle of a Single Version of the Truth (SVoT). This principle often expresses the data warehousing design ideal, at IT level, with…

Covid-19 Big Picture Insights
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Covid-19 Big Picture Insights

Try our Desktop or Tablet design-intended Dashboard – Now with the 9th of July data snapshot added Using official public data and Tableau technology, reason presents a visualisation focusing on the Covid-19 virus’s big picture understanding. The visualisation has now an additional data set dated 9th of July. Access the visualisation by clicking on the image above…

Introducing New Funnel Visualisations
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Introducing New Funnel Visualisations

We are pleased to introduce an original funnel design visualisation, based on Tableau technology. We are pleased to introduce an original funnel design visualisation, based on Tableau technology. The funnel’s shape will change accordingly to displayed values and users’ filter selection. Various design options are possible. An online interactive version of the funnels is available here….

How Resilient is Your Organisation to a Business Disaster?
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How Resilient is Your Organisation to a Business Disaster?

Post written with Steve Yates, Chairman of the Resilience Association. Ensuring business continuity and resilience should be the priority, if not already the norm. 2019 was sadly a catastrophic year for certain industry sectors, with too many organizations going “bust”, in some cases a short time after their financial accounts had been cleared by top…

Supply and Demand organised dysfunctioning
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Resources mismanagement: an integral part of corporate strategy?

Illustration with the deconstruction of two retailers’ food waste stances. When it comes to business strategy and its operationalisation, one needs to be aware that what doesn’t make sense at all in the eyes of shareholders, society or the population/customers can be intentionally and knowingly implemented by the business’s executives/owners. And this post shows that…

How your Business’s ownership rights can bring you more fruits?
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How your Business’s ownership rights can bring you more fruits?

An introductory reflection on the three attributes of Property: Usus, Fructus and Abusus. As a qualification of the relationship between a person and a thing, ownership is, by nature, absolute. From a Roman long tradition feeding the emergence of civil law, ownership gives you what is called the Usus, Fructus and Abusus on your property/business. Usus denotes the right of…

How to evaluate a business outcome’s performance?
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How to evaluate a business outcome’s performance?

Illustration with mathematics teaching policies in the US and Japan. When analysing data or information, whether quantitative or qualitative and even policies, history matters. Indeed, history shows us the evolution and direction taken by events, which we can then appreciate against given quality assessment criteria. To those who believe that “good” and “bad” criteria don’t…