The Power Of Graphic Simplicity – More Than Just Pushing Out Information

A picture is worth 1,000 words – maybe.

However, a technology/ProcureTech graph must do more than tell you something. They must stimulate new ideas and previously untapped avenues of thought rather than disseminate information alone.

GRAPHIC 1A

• What does this graph tell you at first glance?
• What questions might it inspire?
• What new avenues of thought does it open?
• How easy is it to understand its central or main message?

The

• What does this second graph (pick anyone from below) tell you at first glance?
• What questions might it inspire?
• What new avenues of thought does it open?
• How easy is it to understand its central or main message?
• What about follow-up graphics to one of the ones below?

FOLLOW-UP GRAPHIC 1B

• What questions does the below graphic prompt?
• What impact would this graph have on your AI adoption strategy?

FOLLOW-UP GRAPHIC 1C

• What questions does the below graphic prompt?
• How does this graphic (1C) connect to Graphics 1A and 1B?
• How does it impact your AI adoption strategy in 2025?

To get the full explanation of how these graphs are connected, use the following link: If AI replaces spreadsheets, what will eventually replace AI for procurement?

TODAY’S TAKEAWAY

Graphics should not tell you what to think or push an agenda. To be effective, graphics must stimulate and encourage new avenues of thought and possible solutions rather than confine you to the status quo.

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