Nudges, Ideas and a sprinkle of career advice
This is where you’ll read from me. It’s a mix of nudges that encourage you to take the next bold step, ideas that help you make a change and advice so you can avoid the mistakes I made along the way.
From my keyboard to you. No ChatGPT involved, just a bunch of honest writing, usually done in the morning hours before the world wakes up.
I hope you enjoy it and I’d love to hear from you, so feel free to comment on these posts.
#MakeoverMonday 2020, Week 14: Unpaid work – allocation of time and time-use
It is another week for a Viz5 dataset as part of our collaboration with Operation Fistula. This month, we’re looking at the topic of unpaid work.
#MakeoverMonday 2020 Week 13: Does pineapple belong on a pizza?
I'm pretty partial to food topics and this week Charlie chose an 'excellent' viz very much in need of a makeover, showing people's favourite pizza toppings. The data behind it is nice and simple, so this week, rather than delaying my viz building until Thursday, I'm...
#MakeoverMonday 2020, Week 12: Number of fields of study at California University
Here’s a viz about what’s been taught at University of California
#MakeoverMonday 2020, Week 11: Self-reported life satisfaction vs GDP per capita
For this week’s #MakeoverMonday challenge, Charlie chose a chart from ‘Our World in Data’ on Live Satisfaction vs GDP per capita.
#MakeoverMonday 2020, Week 10: Violence against Women and Girls
This week we launched the Visualize Gender Equality campaign #Viz5 and we are starting with a heavy topic: violence against women and girls and the perception of women and men towards violence being justified.
#MakeoverMonday 2020, Week 9: Sleep Hours Needed Vs. Averaged
On a Monday morning here in London, the topic of sleep seems pretty appropriate, I have to admit, because getting enough sleep between various work and life commitments (and choices) can be a struggle.
#MakeoverMonday 2020, Week 8: Australian Homelessness Services Housing Outcomes
For week 8 I chose a dataset from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, looking at homelessness statistics and, more particularly, the outcomes of specialist homelessness services.
#MakeoverMonday 2020, Week 7: World Wealth
For this week’s #MakeoverMonday challenge, Charlie chose a terrible chart that is in desperate need of a makeover.
#MakeoverMonday 2020, Week 6: How much of your life the US has been at war
A few weeks ago, someone shared a viz from the Washington Post with me that showed how much of 'your' life the US has been at war, depending on someone's year of birth. I thought this was a fascinating way to look at the data, so decided to challenge the community to...
#MakeoverMonday 2020, Week 5: Brexit Bond
For week 5, Charlie picked an interesting dataset, stemming from a survey of Brits on how they voted in political elections as well as their opinion on James Bond actors and how open they are to a future Bond being female, gay, of ethnic minority origin or non-British.
#MakeoverMonday 2020, Week 4: Bridges for Prosperity
This week #MakeoverMonday is collaborating with Bridges for Prosperity, supporting them to tell more effective stories with data about the amazing work they do.
#MakeoverMonday 2020 Week 3: Is it time to treat sugar more like smoking?
For week 3, Charlie picked an article and a viz about sugar and the high level of consumption of sugar in the UK by different age groups.I created a heatmap to show the consumption patterns.