Clarity in performance reporting is not a presentation problem. It is a design problem. When analytical structure, performance management, and governance are left implicit, reporting stabilises around compliance and narrative – not understanding, action, or learning.
Why management reports keep growing longer yet feel no clearer. This article explains why narrative explanation dominates, why it cannot create clarity, and how inspectable structural analysis reduces the need for explanation altogether.
Clarity in financial analysis is not created by storytelling or polished slides. It is created upstream through disciplined structural analysis that makes drivers, assumptions, and causality visible. When understanding depends on narrative, the problem is structure.
Clarity is achieved when structure is sufficient and explanation becomes optional.
High-density visualisation is often misunderstood. This article explains why common fixes fail and what actually improves clarity.
Choosing the right axis baseline defines how meaning is encoded in a chart. This piece explains when baselines must be zero, when they follow a benchmark, and why shifting them distorts truthfulness.
Colour in data visualisation is not decoration – it is meaning. This article explores why colour should support understanding rather than aesthetics or corporate branding.