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Complimentary Resource – Best Practices for a BI and Analytics Strategy

Strategy Driven

A growing number of organizations are moving toward having more pervasive Business Intelligence (BI) by turning to evidence-based decision making supported by a range of BI and analytics technology and processes that enable decision makers to have the best possible intelligence about customers, finances, operations, suppliers, and the market.

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Data-Driven Management Can Also Be Compassionate

Harvard Business Review

” No, Bezos shouldn’t embed a C@D—Crying@Desk—metric on his KPI dashboard. “Data creates a lot of clarity around decision-making,” said Sean Boyle, who runs the finance division of Amazon Web Services and was permitted by the company to speak. That’s ultimately self-destructive.

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4 Models for Using AI to Make Decisions

Harvard Business Review

The bad news: Petabytes of new data and algorithmic innovation assure that “autonomy creep” will relentlessly challenge human oversight from within. Ambiguity is the enemy; crisply defined service level agreements and explicit KPI accountability are essential. These distinct approaches enjoy demonstrable real-world success.