Comments on: Numerology for Managers http://talkingstory.org/2009/09/numerology-for-managers/ Starting new conversations in the workplace! Fri, 11 May 2012 01:39:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Rosa Say http://talkingstory.org/2009/09/numerology-for-managers/comment-page-1/#comment-4262 Rosa Say Mon, 24 May 2010 02:51:15 +0000 http://talkingstory.org/?p=2097#comment-4262 Late to finding this, but want to keep it where I'm sure to remember it! Great article by the <em>Made to Stick</em> authors in their <em>Fast Company</em> column: <a href="http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/138/made-to-stick-the-gripping-statistic.html" rel="nofollow">The Gripping Statistic: How to Make Your Data Matter</a>. In part: <blockquote>Big numbers fuzz our brains, and that is just as true in business as it is in public policy. Speaking in "millions" and "billions" is like your second year of Spanish: You've memorized the vocabulary, but it's hard to think in the language. The challenge of communicating the significance of numbers -- and acting on them -- is to find ways to bring them closer to people's day-to-day experience.</blockquote> Late to finding this, but want to keep it where I’m sure to remember it! Great article by the Made to Stick authors in their Fast Company column: The Gripping Statistic: How to Make Your Data Matter. In part:

Big numbers fuzz our brains, and that is just as true in business as it is in public policy. Speaking in “millions” and “billions” is like your second year of Spanish: You’ve memorized the vocabulary, but it’s hard to think in the language. The challenge of communicating the significance of numbers — and acting on them — is to find ways to bring them closer to people’s day-to-day experience.

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