Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity.
Henry David Thoreau		 Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.
Leonardo da Vinci		 Seek simplicity and distrust it.
Alfred North Whitehead

Perceptual Edge

We are overwhelmed by information, not because there is too much, but because we don't know how to tame it. Information lies stagnant in rapidly expanding pools as our ability to collect and warehouse it increases, but our ability to make sense of and communicate it remains inert, largely without notice.

Computers speed the process of information handling, but they don't tell us what the information means or how to communicate its meaning to decision makers. These skills are not intuitive; they rely largely on analysis and presentation skills that must be learned.

Perceptual Edge focuses on the tools and techniques of visual business intelligence to help you make better use of your valuable information assets.

Announcements

Stephen Few will offer one more public workshop in the U.S. during 2010 in San Francisco on September 28-30. Register for any or all of his courses today!

Stephen will teach his three-day public workshop in London for a second time this year on October 6-8, which will be hosted by marketingQED. He will also teach the full workshop for a second time this year in Sydney, Australia on November 23-25 and will teach it for the first time in Auckland, New Zealand on November 29-December 1. Both workshops will be hosted by Altis Consulting.

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