Actually, the Facts Show…
Prof. Rosling combined deep statistical knowledge with a hunger for raw data, a brilliant way of harnessing graphics to produce clear analytics and an exceptional and often humorous capacity for explaining his findings. He generally concentrated on human development and global population trends. Bill Gates, among many others, found that Rosling’s explanations about global trends – many of them inspiring and positive – an incredibly useful way to approach questions about development and investment.
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Banking Taxonomy for Review
10 February 2017The team at Threadneedle street are busy. Hot on the heels of the Capital+ taxonomy, arrives a new draft taxonomy for comment. This is a set of PRA requirements for bank Financial Statements.
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Actually, the Facts Show…
01 February 2017Sad news this week as we heard that Prof. Hans Rosling passed on, a year after making public his battle with pancreatic cancer. Still, as the team at his foundation, GapMinder.org point out, he might not be with us in person, but his legacy, words and actions remain. Rosling’s focus was bringing facts to decision makers in digestible form.
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How Big is that Elephant in the Room?
11 January 2017A new piece from Professor Mervyn King SC, the founder of the Integrated Reporting movement, is worth reading. He’s discussing a new book from Relational Analytics called “The Relational Lens”.