The visual expression of charts brings numbers to life and
offers a way to quickly absorb and make information-based
decisions. Find out how you can create a chart-driven culture at
your organization that can lead to better understanding of data
and the ability to transform it to knowledge. Numbers have
power, as everyone knows. If they stand alone without context,
they lose their ability to give information, and thereby have no
power. Think of football scores. If they are reported as “14 to
7”; “21 to 28,” or “35-3,” without the context—who played, who
won, who lost—they are diminished to numbers without meaning.
Without a visual expression such as that offered by charts, the
same can be said of numbers in data sets or even those recorded
on check sheets, which at least give the appearance of order and
meaning. Consider the following: Data in this form is common to
most people working in organizations. During the course of a
week they may see reports with tabular data like this many
times. It is so common, t