Author: Rich Torr
Do Leaders Drive Mopeds?
Why would software developers think that business leaders want a dashboard like the one on their racing car, speedboat, aeroplane or moped? See more
6 Deadly Dashboard Sins
Stephen Few is respected for his unflinching critique of poor dashboard design and he inspired me to look at dashboards through a different lens.
A Bellyfull of Pie
This chart has been served up on LinkedIn recently and will no doubt have data visualisation purists choking. See more
Seeing the Value of EU Law
I was very proud to present my Subsidiarity Scoreboard work at the ECR Group Study Week in Krakow, Poland.
I was inspired by the people I met, especially those MEPs who are so passionate about their work and their dedicated policy advisers. I’m fascinated by the tension between ideological belief and evidence, claim and fact and this is the world they wrestle with daily.
My talk was about Seeing the Subsidiarity Gap; the idea of a scoreboard for making the gap between the predicted and actual added value of EU law more visible. Publishing this Scoreboard could influence the reform of lower value EU laws and even the legislative process itself. Watch the talk below.
I was however struck by another kind of gap; the gap between my own mental models and those immersed in EU law, economics and politics. And yet, in spite of this difference in mindsets and worldviews, how Systems Thinking can be a unifying approach however challenging the domain and context.
The study, sponsored by the New Direction Foundation for European Reform, is described in a bit more detail in the case study.
The Critical Few
Everyone has something they call a dashboard don’t they? As long as there’s a display full of pretty traffic lights and speedometers then the dashboard box is ticked. Or is it? See more
BRAND Performance
Client: BRAND
Company Type: Reputation Management Consultancy
To understand weaknesses within the business and introduce time management performance measures.
Fishbones
If you’ve had any exposure to continuous improvement thinking you’ll probably be familiar with the Fishbone Diagram. See more
Measuring the Local Value of EU Law
Client: NEW DIRECTION – The Foundation for European Reform
Company Type: Non-profit Think Tank
To develop ideas for a Scorecard for measuring the local value of EU law.
The CIO : Egotist or Human?
Never mind about Digital Strategy or Skills Gaps or Cybercrime or C-level Influence. My favourite statistic in the CIO Survey from Harvey Nash & KPMG is that 77% of CIOs believe they are performing in the top 20% of their peer group. See more