We’re excited to announce the launch of our Empowered Community – the online collaboration platform for Empower Architects.

Latest research into the future of the finance function and what the millennial finance professionals think

What the WPP story can tell us about effective global management, and how analytics can drive sustainable growth

In the latest post in this series, we look at how better forecasting can help business leaders cope with market uncertainty

A video of a man moving two pieces of his son’s toy train tracks has gone viral this week. See why the effect has been baffling

The second post in this series: We look at how different data transformations can help companies face market uncertainty with greater confidence

Richard Freeman explores how reporting can be reinvented, to more effectively promote and maintain business performance.

Anouska Backshall writes on the recent Gartner BI and Analytics Summit, and how efficient data governance can facilitate effective analytics

Anouska Backshall reports from this week's Gartner BI and Analytics Summit, on how analysis can focus more on tangible business outcomes

We look at how business leaders can build a proactive approach to coping with market uncertainty

Simon Bittlestone looks at recent developments in the use of Data Visualisation by FP&A teams.

We look at recent data from the UK retail industry, and at how profitability analysis can help make the most of seasonal variations in demand.

Following media discussion around the idea of a 'sugar tax' in the UK, we look at how innovation can be managed in response to regulatory risk

As UK lenders grant more mortgages for longer than the usual 25 years, we look at how risk analysis can evolve to keep pace

Cat Powell looks at the aftermath of the festive season for the UK's retailers, and the need for better demand forecasting in the industry

We explore how business leaders at large organisations can build a framework for generating effective performance predictions.

Simon Bittlestone looks at how predictive analytics can be used to gain insight on the progress of industry trends and disruption

Developing a chart chooser for each of the seven trend categories

Looking at good examples of a mis-scaled bar chart

Learn how to use a process to calculating an MAT

The scale for a graph axis can have significant impact on how an audience interprets a message and is an important part of optimising data visualization.

The infographic in Raconteur includes a chart that aims to make quantitative comparisons through the use of circles of different areas.

The Raconteur supplement in the Times contains a large centre spread infographic entitled “How UK compares to European rivals”.

A simple 10 point checklist that we give Metapraxis analysts to use when they create an executive dashboard.

A colleague has drawn my attention to this infographic in today’s City AM concerning the cost and value of communications services in the UK.

The graph at the top of this article appeared as part of an infographic published by a media company called Raconteur, which was distributed as a supplement to today’s copy of The Times.

Infographics are generally designed to do a different job from the visualization of MI in business - their primary purpose is to engage or entertain through design-focused visuals rather than to provide actionable insight. That said, visualization and infographics are on a continuum.