I'm not sure I'd agree with the article's assertion that the infographic is "intuitive".
Some arrows are double-headed (point both ways), but some are not. So what do they mean? What flows only in one direction along the arrows that are single-headed?
Some of the arrows clearly point from one box to another (so what's that; is it influence? Is it money? Is it people), but other arrows just point to other arrows. So if arrows represent something flowing, what are these arrows that just point to other arrows representing?
It's not an intuitive infographic. I get nothing from the layout, colours and arrows that I wouldn't get from just a list, but I do lose the benefits of a simple list. Brightly coloured chartjunk.
Some arrows are double-headed (point both ways), but some are not. So what do they mean? What flows only in one direction along the arrows that are single-headed?
Some of the arrows clearly point from one box to another (so what's that; is it influence? Is it money? Is it people), but other arrows just point to other arrows. So if arrows represent something flowing, what are these arrows that just point to other arrows representing?
It's not an intuitive infographic. I get nothing from the layout, colours and arrows that I wouldn't get from just a list, but I do lose the benefits of a simple list. Brightly coloured chartjunk.