Presenting data effectively changes the kinds of conversations that can happen inside organizations. Better presentations shape an improved culture of decision-making. Let me tell you about a recent example of this.
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Numbers are the universal language, but it’s not spoken well. How you present data and information bleeds into everything you do — and it’s far reaching.
Numbers have power, if you have the courage to use them powerfully. Take these two stories from opposite ends of the 20th Century. The first story is about a man in a steel mill. The second is about the crash of a giant.
I believe everyone has a great idea. Some, more than one. You may have one great idea a year, or a few every day, but whether that idea lives or dies depends on how well you present it.
This week was big in Apple land. Tim Cook’s keynote to announce the Apple Watch. Let’s put aside the product punditry and how insanely great the product is, (the mainstream media, haters and fanboys will turn themselves into a tizzy over the Digital Crown and the force-sensing) and look at the keynote itself.
Think about how you use words, structure and pictures to capture and relate your ideas. As Jeff Weiner says, we are the talent, and presentations can be a great tool to showcase our abilities.
