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Do you provide your team with thorough, insightful data that gets routinely ignored? Here are 7 Ways to Get People to Look at Your Numbers.

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Adam Jacobson, Red Three Consulting

7 Ways to Get People to Look at Your Numbers

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How I Got Here

The reports you need from the software you

already have. ®

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Mark Twain

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“Get your facts first, and then you can distort them as much as you please.”

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I work with people who love numbers

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Numberphiles

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FAQs

I send out ALL these reports. Why do I only ever get two questions?

Why don’t they just look at the report I sent them instead of calling me for the answer?

Why do they ignore all the analysis and do what they want anyway?

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On the other hand…

There are other people who are not like you and me.

When they see numbers…

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Numberphobes

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7 Ways to Get People to Look at Your Numbers

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1. BE HUMBLE

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1. Be Humble

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How can they not get

this!?!?

Stop banging your head against the wall…

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1. Be Humble

… and grab a slice of humble pie.

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A little humility goes a long way when you’re trying to communicate.

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1. Be Humble

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2. BE TRANSPARENT

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2. Be Transparent

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“You can’t handle the truth!”

Yes they can!

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2. Be Transparent

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Don’t hide behind accounting jargon. Reconcile to reality.

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3. DITCH YOUR DECIMALS

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3. DitchYour Decimals

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When Numberphobes see this…

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3. DitchYour Decimals

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3. Ditch Your Decimals

Welcome Home!

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The Budget Process

3. Ditch Your Decimals

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I have seen the future.

3. Ditch Your Decimals

0

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3. Ditch Your Decimals

The future looks like this:

$1,000,000.00

NOT like this:

$987,945.43

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4. ALL NUMBERS ARE NOT CREATED EQUAL

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4. All Numbers are Not Created Equal

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“The Overweight Cyclist”

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4. All Numbers are Not Created Equal

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Magnesium / Carbon Fiber Pedals

327g

Carbon Monocoque Frame

1028g

Nylon Mesh Road Cycling Shoes

331g

Titanium / Leather Seat

408g

Tubeless Rims

352g

Nylon Fiber Tires

190g

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4. All Numbers are Not Created Equal

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Magnesium / Carbon Fiber Pedals

327g

Carbon Monocoque Frame

1028g

Nylon Mesh Road Cycling Shoes

331g

Titanium / Leather Seat

408g

Tubeless Rims

352g

Nylon Fiber Tires

190g

SPARE TIRE:

??????

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Some numbers are more important than others.

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4. All Numbers are Not Created Equal

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How many things can you remember?

4. All Numbers are Not Created Equal

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4. All Numbers are Not Created Equal

THE ANSWER:

7

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5. TELL A STORY

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5. Tell a Story

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5. Tell a Story

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6. A PICTURE IS WORTH A THOUSAND NUMBERS

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6. A Picture is Worth a Thousand Numbers

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Which is has more impact? This:

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6. A Picture is Worth a Thousand Numbers

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6. A Picture is Worth a Thousand Numbers

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Or this:

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6. A Picture is Worth a Thousand Numbers

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6. A Picture is Worth a Thousand Numbers

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The new Starbucks Trenta size is 32 ounces.

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6. A Picture is Worth a Thousand Numbers

www.youtube.com/robcockerham

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7. TIE IT TO COMPENSATION - CAREFULLY

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7. Tie it to Compensation - Carefully

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You Get What You Measure –

Not Always What You Want

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7. Tie it to Compensation - Carefully

The Chief Justice of the Malaysian courts started measuring judges based on the number of cases cleared from the docket…

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7. Tie it to Compensation - Carefully

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1. Be Humble

2. Be Transparent

3. Ditch Your Decimals

4. All Numbers are NOT Created Equal

5. Tell a Story

6. A Picture is Worth a Thousand Numbers

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The Visual Display of Quantitative Data – by Edward Tufte

The Numbers Game – by Michael Blastland

Little Bets – by Peter Sims

The Drunkard’s Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives

– By Leondard Mlodinow

Story – by Robert McKee

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Additional Reading

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IF YOU…

have trouble getting your reports to tie out

have difficulty reconciling multiple systems

spend hours and hours re-keying data into Excel

are about to spend a lot of cash on new software

RED THREE CAN HELP

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A Little Self-Promotion…

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THANK YOU!

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