Juan Carlos Méndez-García

My colleague and friend Andrew Abela recently published a book on the Extreme Presentation method.
I have attended his seminars, and definitely recommend his method. For anyone interested in improving their presentation skills, and generating action out of their presentations, it is must-read.

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As every week I end up receiving at lest one junkchart specimen, I’m starting the Extreme Makeover: Chart Edition series. I’ll show the old chart, the proposed improvement, and why I believe the old one doesn’t work. I’d love to hear your comments as well.
Here it goes:

And the makeover:
Problems:

Vertical labels: Even when the [...]

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One of the activities conducted during the System Dynamics class in Colombia was the Beer Game - El Juego de la Cerveza
It allows students to experience first-hand how structure of business organizations impact their behavior, to some extent irrespectively of how skilled their managers may be. In the game, a 3 tier distribution system [...]

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It is refreshing to see when developed countries take note and learn from the success stories of developing countries. In particular, Transmilenio, Bogota’s Rapid Transit System, is an example of what E.F. Schumacher called “Appropriate Technology”
Michael Bloomberg, New York City’s mayor writes on The Economist
…we drew on the experiences of Berlin for our renewable-energy [...]

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This is a short note to talk about Harmonic Averages. Most people are familiar with Weighted Averages, as they are a valuable tool for aggregation. For instance, with the data below, the average profitability (~1735) can be easily calculated using weighted averages.

Avg_Profit = (1000*1200 + 200*300 + 500*2500 + 10*600 + 100*300) / [...]

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