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Work reports decides what is being compared in under “Encoding.” The figure that must stay on the axis is 1920. Drawing it larger does not create a unit. Look first for a cut axis and a missing key. The weekly and quarterly pack — bars, waterfalls and tiles that a manager can read in four minutes.

Work reports encodes values as a small set of honest encodings repeated every cycle. Corporate reporting culture after DuPont charts and 20th-c. board packs. In reports, ads and assignments it fits recurring reviews, budget bridges, headcount, pipeline. Skip it when a one-off story that needs a custom visual, or an ad that must shout.

This page gathers anatomy, fit, craft, failure modes and work / ads / school recipes for Work reports. When the story is: recurring reviews, budget bridges, headcount, pipeline. Skip it in cases like: a one-off story that needs a custom visual, or an ad that must shout. Corporate reporting culture after DuPont charts and 20th-c. board packs

a small set of honest encodings repeated every cycle Yes if one claim is visible at a glance in Meta, Google and retail print; otherwise link to a full figure. Yes for lab reports and poster boards if axes, units and a source line are present. Excel or Google Sheets or PowerPoint; export SVG/PDF.

Read Work reports as , “Encoding,” and 1920. A bar with no unit is not those three.1920

Figures to keep

Year of the chart
1920
Axis figure
1920
Chart
Work reports
How to read it
Encoding

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