Tag Archives: variation

How soon is now?

Posted on October 1, 2017 by

Is it just me? How many of you have been hired for your expertise and then more or less totally ignored? And in how many of your gigs? — Bob Marshall (@flowchainsensei) September 23, 2017 Once upon a time I … Continue reading →

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3 reasons why I hate pretty graphs

Posted on September 12, 2017 by

People prefer the pretty guy over the uglier guy cos they like pretty things more than they like things that are right. For over a decade I’ve been working in an area where the obsession has been about finding just … Continue reading →

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How to make the world seem REEAAALLLY BOORRRIIIING

Posted on September 4, 2017 by

How to be bored Take a performance report. Get the data out of those damn tables and silly bar graphs. Stick it in a run chart, or a control chart, s’up to you. Look for any actual change over the … Continue reading →

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The man who mistook his wife for an actual change in performance

Posted on March 30, 2017 by

There was once a man who mistook his wife for a hat. This is his wife. This is a hat. He thought Why did he think that? He had a brain injury. The injury affected the way his brain processed … Continue reading →

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There really is only one test!

Posted on December 5, 2016 by

Attention performance people! Attention people who use numbers for performance! That’s you! You have one job! One job only! The purpose of your job, listen up, here it is, I’m about to tell you….it is to find out… “Is the … Continue reading →

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The Curious Case Of The Chart That Didn’t Bark In The Night

Posted on December 1, 2016 by

“Why has this performance indicator gone down three months in a row?” Regular readers of this blog will know the answer to this question already, without any knowledge of the indicator in question, or the work being measured. “It’s probably … Continue reading →

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How to be hopelessly untrendy

Posted on October 20, 2016 by

I got me some data! Done gone put it in a graph! Added meself a TRENDLINE! And me answer is THE TREND IS DOWNWARDS! This is what happens when people get data and have excel. They stick it in and press … Continue reading →

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